Northford, Connecticut
census-designated place in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Northford is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and surrounding residential and rural land in the town of North Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northern part of the town, bordered to the west by the town of North Haven, to the east by the town of Guilford, and to the north by the town of Wallingford, all in New Haven County. It is bordered to the northeast by the town of Durham in Middlesex County. In 2002, 230 acres (93 ha) of the central village of Northford were designated as the Northford Center Historic District.
Demographics
2020 census
Northford was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
As of the 2020 census, Northford had a population of 6,082. The median age was 47.5 years. 18.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.8 males age 18 and over.
94.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 5.7% lived in rural areas.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Northford, Connecticut” is census-designated place in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Northford, Connecticut and census-designated, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106515020. Authority coordinates are 41.392, -72.792. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 2020.
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