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Connecticut · CT · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
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Town in Connecticut, United States
1796Established
16,142Population
21.1 sq miArea
853 ftElevation

Wolcott ( WUUL-kət) is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. It is primarily residential, with a population of 16,142 as of the 2020 United States census. The town was settled in the 1730s by English settlers of the Connecticut Colony and was known as Farmingbury. It was renamed as Wolcott after being incorporated in 1796, following the United States' gaining independence. Some early records spell it as Wolcutt.

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