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Totoket, Connecticut

North Branford, Connecticut
Town
Totoket Mountain, the high point at 720 feet in North Branford, CT.
Official seal of North Branford, Connecticut
Seal
Location in New Haven County, Connecticut
Location in New Haven County, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°21′25″N 72°46′05″W / 41.35694°N 72.76806°W / 41.35694; -72.76806Coordinates: 41°21′25″N 72°46′05″W / 41.35694°N 72.76806°W / 41.35694; -72.76806
Country United States
State Connecticut
NECTA New Haven
Region South Central Region
Incorporated 1831
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Town manager Richard V. Branigan
 • Town council Anthony Candelora (R), Mayor
Joanne S. Wentworth (R), Deputy Mayor
Daniel M. Armin (D)
Marie E. Diamond (D)
Vincent Caprio (R)
Andrew Esposito III (D)
Joseph Faughnan (D)
Donald J. Fucci II (R)
Alfred Rose (R)
Area
 • Total 26.7 sq mi (69.2 km2)
 • Land 24.9 sq mi (64.5 km2)
 • Water 1.7 sq mi (4.5 km2)
Elevation 207 ft (63 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 14,407
 • Density 540/sq mi (210/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
ZIP code 06471, 06472
Area code(s) 203
FIPS code 09-53890
GNIS feature ID 0213477
Website www.townofnorthbranfordct.com

North Branford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 14,407 at the 2010 census.

The town has the neighborhoods of Totoket, Wood Chase, Northford, Sea Hill, Twin Lakes, ENB, South Queach, Ashley Park, and Doral Farms.

This early mill and farming community incorporated from Branford in 1831. The year prior, Maltby Fowler had opened a button-making shop. Its success along with the inventiveness of his six sons—who devised a range of machines to produce such things as screws, embossed silk, pins, and horseshoe nails—saw the rise of new manufactories along the town’s Farm River. By the early 1900s, North Branford’s abundant supply of trap rock, a material used for making roadways, made quarrying a growth industry. Today, the town’s manufacturing sector is concentrated in electronics and electronic components.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.6 square miles (69.0 km²), of which 24.9 square miles (64.5 km²) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²) (6.49%) is water. Neighboring towns are Wallingford and Durham to the north, Guilford to the east, Branford to the south, and North Haven and East Haven to the west.

Much of the town's acreage is dominated by Totoket Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound almost to the Vermont border. The north side of Saltonstall Mountain is also located in North Branford. Totoket Mountain contains Lake Gaillard, a reservoir, formed in 1926, managed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (SCCRWA). The SCCRWA maintains a network of hiking trails on Totoket Mountain in the Big Gulph area of Northford. The SCCRWA is said to own one-third of the town's area.


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