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A town of 41,090 people in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

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Police ID Enfield Couple Found Dead At Home, Reveal What Investigators Discovered

DailyVoice.com · Sep 9, 2026

Springfield man held on $100,000 bond after Enfield arrest

Western Mass News · Aug 5, 2026

Monkey, dozens of dogs, exotic birds found during raid at Enfield home

Western Mass News · Jul 28, 2026

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Town in Connecticut, United States

1679Established

42,141Population

34.2 sq miArea

56 ftElevation

Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 42,141 at the 2020 census. It is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River (towns of Suffield and Windsor Locks) to the west.

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#13Most affordable in CT #34Shortest commute in CT #42Lowest property tax in CT All CT rankings →

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ZIP code06082, 06083

Area code860

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DistrictEnfield School DistrictSchools10

Prudence Crandall SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 351 students Eli Whitney SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 346 students Henry Barnard SchoolElementary · Grades K–2 · 311 students Hazardville Memorial SchoolElementary · Grades K–2 · 298 students Edgar H. Parkman SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 266 students Enfield Street SchoolElementary · Grades K–2 · 226 students

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SEast Windsor WSuffield ESomers EHazardville NLongmeadow NLongmeadow WThompsonville SWSouthwood Acres SWWindsor Locks SWWindsor Locks

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