Newtown
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town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield
- Region
- Western CT
- Type
- Select board
- First selectman
- Bruce Walczac ( D )
- Selectman
- Dan Cruson Jr. ( D )
- Total
- 57.66 sq mi (149.3 km )
- Land
- 57.66 sq mi (149.3 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 397 ft (121 m)
- Density
- 471.3/sq mi (182.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 06470, 06482
- Area codes
- 203/475
- Fips code
- 09-52980
- Gnis id
- 0213475
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Newtown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fairfield County
- Population
- 27173
- Area
- 59.1
- Elevation
- 145
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Bridgewater
- Official website
- www.newtown-ct.gov
- Image
- Main Street, Newtown CT.jpg
- Households
- 9934
- Dialing code
- 475
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- inception
- 1711-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Newtown, Connecticut
- Commons category
- Newtown, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06470
- native label
- Newtown
- different from
- Newtown
- per capita income
- 56517
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- New York metropolitan area
- P8168
- Astún
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Encyclopedic overview
Newtown (/ˈnutaʊn/ NOO-town) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Greater Danbury area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705, and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,173. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newtown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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