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Note on Dates

Dates listed are based on research that covered calendar years and various fiscal years. To the best of our ability, we have tried to use the calendar year. However, some sources did not always indicate if calendar year or fiscal year was being discussed. Also, during the process of defining the original logical geographic planning regions, not all boundaries were initially released. "[T]he commission identified tentative planning regions. However, it did not make the boundaries public until it was contacted by local groups in a geographic area that were interested in establishing a regional planning authority. At that point, CDC staff set up meetings with municipal officials to discuss the proposed boundaries. After reviewing the feedback, advice, and information from those in the region, the Connecticut Development Commission determined the final definition of the region and announced it publicly. After that, the towns within the defined area were responsible for the steps required to form a Regional Planning Authority."[14]

Maps of Regions

County Equivalents - COGs

On June 6, 2022 Gov. Ned Lamont announced U.S. Census Bureau approved proposal for Connecticut’s Planning Regions to become County Equivalents.

These are the same Regional Councils of Governments from 2016. They might now also be called County Equivalents.

Federal Register (87 FR 34235) notes that "in some instances the name of the planning region differs from that of its COG".

Map Regional Councils of Government or County Equivalents

Map from the Office of Policy Management site, June 7, 2022 https://portal.ct.gov/lib/opm/igp/org/cogs/rcogs.png

County Equivalents, COGs
County Equivalent/Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, Columbia, Coventry, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Willington, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Greater Bridgeport Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Lower CT River Valley Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook 
Naugatuck Valley Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bristol, Cheshire, Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Plymouth, Prospect, Seymour, Shelton, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Northeast CT Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Woodstock 
Northwest Hills Barkhamsted, Burlington, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester
South Central

Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge

Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Waterford, Windham
Western CT

Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton

Federal Register (87 FR 34235) notes that "in some instances the name of the planning region differs from that of its COG".

Map harvested from: [2]

map 2016 CT Regional Councils of Government compressed

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

2016
Regions         Towns
Capitol Region Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, Columbia, Coventry, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Willington, Windsor, Windsor Locks

Greater Bridgeport

(also called Metro or Metropolitan)

Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Lower CT River Valley Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Naugatuck Valley Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bristol, Cheshire, Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Plymouth, Prospect, Seymour, Shelton, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Northeastern CT Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Woodstock
Northwest Hills Barkhamsted, Burlington, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester
South Central Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
Southeastern Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Waterford, Windham
Western CT Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton

 

Map harvested from:[20]

map of existing planning regions

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

2013
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Greater Bridgeport (also Metropolitan) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Lower Connecticut River Valley Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Northeastern CT Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Woodstock
Northwest Hills Barkhamsted, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester
South Central Connecticut Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford

 

2012 Map harvested from: Connecticut Regional Planning Organizations. RiverCOG.[10]

2012 Map of RPOs harvested from RiverCOG

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above - with two exceptions. Union is within the defined Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (as reflected in the 2007 map). Ashford works with the Northeastern RPO, while waiting for regions to be redefined.

The table below does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

2012
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Lower Connecticut River Valley Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Northeastern CT Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Woodstock
Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford.  (While not reflected on this map, Union is in Northeastern region)

Map harvested from:[3]

2000 Map of regional planning areas from 2007 document

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

2007
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Midstate Cromwell, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
Northeastern CT

Ashford*, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Woodstock

*While assigned to the Windham Region, Ashford works with the Northeastern RPO.

Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford

Map harvested from:[4]

Connecticut's Planning Regions 2004

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

2004
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South Windsor, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Midstate Cromwell, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
Northeastern CT

Ashford*, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Union, Woodstock

*While assigned to the Windham Region, Ashford works with the Northeastern RPO.

Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford

Map harvested from:[5]

Agencies Reposible for Regional Planning 1990 1991

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

1990/91
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Midstate Cromwell, Durham,East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
Northeastern CT Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock
Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford, Union

Map harvested from:[6]

Regional Planning In CT map 1977 updated to 1981

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

1981
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Midstate Cromwell, Durham,East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
Northeastern CT Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock
Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford, Union

Map harvested from:[1]

Map of Definition of Connecticut Planning Regions 1977

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

1977
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central CT Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Litchfield Hills Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Midstate Cromwell, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
Northeastern CT Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock
Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Valley Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Stafford, Union

Map harvested from: page 11[22]

Towns are not listed, as they were not included in the map of 15 regional planning areas. There are differences from the previous and later maps.

1971 outline map of CT Regional Planning areas

Planning Regions

The following list is of the planning regions according to the map above. It does not include information on towns, as the map does not include this.

1971
Geographic Planning Region
Capitol
Central Conn.
Central Naugatuck Valley
Connecticut River Estuary
Greater Bridgeport 
Housatonic Valley
Litchfield Hills
Midstate
Northeastern
Northwestern
South Central
South Western
Southeastern
Valley
Windham Region
Undefined - not in a region

Map harvested from Source 23 [23]:

This map is as clear as possible - the print was very small on the original document. It is not paginated.

"The boundaries of the Midstate Planning Region, originally designated as the Northern Middlesex County Region, are determined by the Planning and Budgeting Division of the Department of Finance and Control, State of Connecticut, as specified by Connecticut's regional planning enabling legislation. Factors which are considered in this determination include economic and social interrelationships, common physiographic features, similar community goals, a degree of balance and self-sufficiency, common areas of concern, etc."

"The original definition of the Midstate Planning Region included the seven towns of Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown and Portland. After intensive study and reevaluation of the factors which influenced the region's boundaries, the Connecticut Development Commission, at its meeting of June 21, 1967, redefined the region to include the Town of East Haddam."

Map harvested from:[21, p.8]

Temporary citation until coding an be fixed:

Map from: page 8 of #21 on works cited page. https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/regionalplanning/cited#En90com19651970

Citation from our library catalog (Primo):

     Connecticut. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources, Connecticut Development Commission, and Vollmer Associates. Connecticut Comprehensive Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1965-1970. [Hartford]: State of Connecticut, Dept. of Agricultural and Natural Resources : Connecticut Development Commission : Connecticut State Highway Dept., 1966.  Location: Conn Doc En90 com 1965-1970

1965 map of planning regions

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

1965
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Ansonia Derby Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull
Housatonic Valley Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Midstate Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
New Britain Bristol Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Northeastern CT Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock
Northwestern CT Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington
South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Torrington Winchester Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield,  Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Colchester, Hartland, Stafford, Union

Map harvested from:[7]

Connecticut Planning Regions 1963

Planning Regions

The following list is of the towns within a geographic planning region according to the map above. It does not include information on voluntary municipal membership in a regional planning organization.

1963
Geographic Planning Region Towns
Ansonia Derby Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton
Capitol Andover, Avon, Bloomfield, Bolton, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South Windsor, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Central Naugatuck Valley Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury
Connecticut River Estuary Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Greater Bridgeport (also called Metro) Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, Trumbull

Danbury*

*Became Housatonic Valley

Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, Washington

Housatonic Valley*

Was Danbury

Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman
Midstate Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland
New Britain Bristol Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington
Northeastern CT Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, Woodstock
Northwestern CT

Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury*, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington*

*When Danbury was redefined as Housatonic Valley, Roxbury and Washington were not included. They became part of Northwestern.

South Central CT Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge
South Western Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Southeastern CT Bozrah, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford
Torrington Winchester Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield,  Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester
Windham Region Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Willington, Windham
Undefined - not in a region Colchester, Enfield, Hartland, Somers, Stafford, Suffield, Union