Branford

New Haven County, CT

Population

28,177

Walk Score

82 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$1,463

Median home value

$363,400

Settled

1644

Branford is a shoreline town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, about 6 miles (10 km) east of downtown New Haven. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. Branford borders East Haven to the west, Guilford to the east, and North Branford to the north. The population was 28,273 in the 2020 census.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Branford Center Historic District · listed 1987
Branford Electric Railway Historic District · listed 1983
Branford Point Historic District · listed 1988
Canoe Brook Historic District · listed 2002
Route 146 Historic District · listed 1990
Short Beach Historic District · listed 2019
Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District · listed 1988

Notable landmarks

Baldwin, Timothy, House · listed 1988
Baldwin, Zaccheus, House · listed 1988
Beach, Samuel, House · listed 1988
Blackstone House · listed 1988
Bradley, Timothy, House · listed 1988
Frisbie, Edward, Homestead · listed 1985
Frisbie, Edward, House · listed 1988
Harrison, Thomas, House · listed 1988
Hoadley, Isaac, House · listed 1988
Hoadley, John, House · listed 1988
Hoadley, Orrin, House · listed 1988
House at 161 Damascus Road · listed 1988
House at 29 Flat Rock Road · listed 1988
Howd, Eliphalet, House · listed 1988
Lewis, Isaac C., Cottage · listed 1997
Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry · listed 2003
Norton House · listed 1988
Palmer, Hezekiah, House · listed 1988
Palmer, Isaac, House · listed 1988
Pine Orchard Union Chapel · listed 2000
Rogers, John, House · listed 1988
Stick Style House at Stony Creek · listed 1972
Swain-Harrison House · listed 1975
Tyler, John, House · listed 1988
Tyler, Solomon, House · listed 1988
…and 1 more

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