Durham

Also known as Durham, Connecticut, Durham, CT

town in Connecticut, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
U s state: Connecticut
County: Middlesex
Region: Lower CT River Valley
Type: Selectman-town meeting
First selectman: Brendan Rea (R)
Selectman: Robert Chadd (R)
Total: 23.8 sq mi (61.6 km )
Land: 23.6 sq mi (61.1 km )
Water: 0.15 sq mi (0.4 km )
Elevation: 161 ft (49 m)
Density: 303.1/sq mi (117.0/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC-4 ( Eastern )
Zip code: 06422
Area codes: 860/959
Fips code: 09-20810
Gnis feature id: 0213419

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Durham
Population: 7152
Area: 23.8
Elevation: 69
Official website: www.townofdurhamct.org
Image: Pistapaug Mountain.jpg
Households: 2932
Dialing code: 860

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Commons category: Durham, Connecticut
postal code: 06422
inception: 1699-00-00
per capita income: 61200

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Durham (/ˈdɜːrəm/ DURR-əm) is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 7,152 at the 2020 census. Every autumn, the town hosts the Durham Fair, the largest volunteer agricultural fair in New England.

The Durham town center is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The core of the town center has also been listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.