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CT RURAL TOWNS

The CT Office of Rural Health definition of rural: All towns with a population census of 10,000 or less and a population density of 500 or less people per square mile as designated as rural was revised and adopted by the CT-ORH advisory board November 2014. The definition was created for the sole purposes of providing strategic direction for the planning and implementation of initiatives to fulfill its mission and determine rural towns/communities eligible for financial support from the CT-ORH.

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The Connecticut Office of Rural Health (CT-ORH) definition of rural, adopted by the CT-ORH Advisory Board November 2014, uses the 2010 U.S. Census Data. All towns with a population census of 10,000 or less and a population density of 500 or less people per square mile are designated as rural. Using the above definition, the total number of rural Connecticut towns is 68. Below is a list of CT rural towns by county.

County		Town

Litchfield		All towns in Litchfield County are considered rural except the following towns: New Milford, Torrington, Watertown, Thomaston, Plymouth, & Winchester

Windham		All towns in Windham County are considered rural except Killingly, Plainfield & Windham

Fairfield		Sherman, Redding, Easton

Hartford		Burlington, East Granby, Hartland, Marlborough

Middlesex		Chester, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, Haddam, Killingworth, Middlefield, Portland, Westbrook

New Haven		Bethany, Middlebury, Woodbridge

New London		Bozrah, Franklin, Lebanon, Lisbon, Lyme, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Voluntown

Tolland		Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Hebron, Union, Willington

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