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About Lakes West
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United StatesLakes West is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northern part of the town on the north side of Ridgebury Mountain and extending north into a valley occupied by Lake Windwing. It is bordered to the east by the Lakes East CDP and to the northwest by Ridgebury. As of the 2020 census, Lakes West had a population of 1,186. Lakes West was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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