The Connecticut State Library offers resources for and about the state's municipalities.
The Public Records Management Program provides a number of forms, schedules, and trainings for municipal governments.
The Division of Library Development supports local libraries in many ways (offering construction grants, for example).
The Library maintains extensive collections of town reports, histories, maps, vital and church records, charters, ordinances, photographs, and other archival material.
Connecticut has 169 municipalities, each with their own municipal government.
There are no County Seats in Connecticut. County government was abolished effective October 1, 1960; counties continue only as geographical subdivisions.[1]
There is no unincorporated land in Connecticut. All land is within an incorporated municipal's boundary.[7]
The U.S. Constitution addresses only federal and state government, and not sub-state levels of government. Local municipal governments gets authority from the states.[5, 6]
Regional Planning Organizations have advisory role, no governing authority.
Home Rule - 1957 legislation allowing municipalities authority to write and amend own charter. Prior to this, changes to municipal charters required special acts by the Connecticut General Assembly.
School Districts are mainly the responsibility of municipalities, although there may be an agreement for a regional school district.
Some towns have boroughs, or districts within a town that have certain taxing and ordinance powers. Most boroughs were either consolidated with their towns, or disincorporated. There are currently nine boroughs remaining.
Links to the section of the Connecticut Register & Manual that includes current officers for each municipality, as well as other municipal government information.
Connecticut State Library maintains collections of town reports, histories, maps, vital and church records, charters, ordinances, and other archival material.
Designed to complement The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, this archive offers online access to state and municipal codes, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history.
Lists databases (subscription and free) available through the Connecticut State Library (CSL). Some subscription databases have remote access which require a card from CSL.
