Stafford, Connecticut

Stafford, Connecticut
Town
Town of Stafford
Mill Pond Country Store in Stafford Hollow Historic District
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Tolland County and Connecticut  Capitol Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°59′N 72°19′W / 41.983°N 72.317°W / 41.983; -72.317
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Tolland
Region	Capitol Region
Settled	1719
Government
• Type	Selectman-town meeting
• First Selectman	William "Bill" Morrison (D)
• Selectman	Richard F. Hartenstein, Jr. (D)
• Selectman	Kurt Vail (R)
Area
• Total	58.8 sq mi (152.2 km2)
• Land	58.0 sq mi (150.2 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	11,472
• Density	200/sq mi (75/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	06076
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-72090
GNIS feature ID	0212349
Website	http://www.staffordct.org

Stafford is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, settled in 1719. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 United States Census.^[1] The community consists of the downtown area of Stafford Springs and the more rural villages of Crystal Lake, Ellithorpe, Hydeville, Orcuttsville, Staffordville, Stafford Hollow, Village Hill, and West Stafford.