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 counte ...

(CDP) corresponding to the town center of Stratford,

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, 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, ...

(Barnum Avenue) runs east–west through the center of the CDP, and

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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

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) at the eastern limit. The

Stratford Center Historic District The Stratford Center Historic District is a historic district in Stratford, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It then included 257 contributing buildings. It is significant for histori ...

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 {{Connecticut-geo-stub