Stratford Downtown is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...
(CDP) corresponding to the town center of
Stratford,
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,921. ...
,
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 capita ...
, United States.
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making ...
(Barnum Avenue) runs east–west through the center of the CDP, and
Interstate 95 forms the southeastern border, with access from Exit 32 (West Broad Street) at the southern limit of the CDP and from Exit 33 (US 1 and
Connecticut Route 130
Route 130 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running from Fairfield to Stratford, generally parallel to I-95.
Route description
Route 130 begins at an intersection with US 1 in Fairfield and heads east into Bridgeport. In Bridge ...
) at the eastern limit. The
Stratford Center Historic District falls outside the CDP, just to the south.
Stratford Downtown was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
References
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut
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