Wilton Center is a neighborhood/section and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in the town of
Wilton in
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of t ...
,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 732.
The CDP partially overlaps the
Wilton Center Historic District.
Geography
The CDP extends from Ridgefield Road (
Connecticut Route 33
Route 33 is a , secondary north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, from Westport to Ridgefield.
Route description
Route 33 begins at an intersection with Route 136 and I-95 in Westport. It heads north, ...
) in the north to Wolfpit Road
Connecticut Route 106
Route 106 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running from Stamford to Wilton.
Route description
Route 106 begins at a junction with I-95 (exit 9) and US 1 in the East Side of Stamford as Courtland Avenue then turning right on ...
in the south, and is bordered to the east by the
Metro-North Railroad
Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State public benefit corporations, public authority of the U.S. state of New Yor ...
Danbury Branch line. The western edge of the CDP is an irregular line about west of the Metro-North line.
TIGERweb
U.S. Census Bureau The historic district is largely along Ridgefield Road at the north end of the CDP. The Norwalk River
The Norwalk River is a river in southwestern Connecticut, United States, approximately long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 The word "Norwalk" comes from t ...
flows from north to south through the eastern side of the CDP.
According to the United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...
, Wilton Center has a total area of , all land.
References
{{authority control
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut