Granby, Connecticut

Granby, Connecticut
Town
Town of Granby
Civil War Soldiers' Monument in the town center
Seal
Hartford County and Connecticut  Capitol Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°57′44″N 72°50′22″W / 41.96222°N 72.83944°W / 41.96222; -72.83944
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Hartford
Region	Capitol Region
Settled	1723
Incorporated	1786
Villages	Granby (Salmon Brook) Five Points Goodrichville Hungary Mechanicsville North Granby Pegville West Granby
Government
• Type	Board of selectmen-town manager
• First Selectman	Barry Scott Kuhnly (R)
• Selectmen	Mark C. Neumann (R) Edward E. Ohannessian (R) Sally S. King (D) James Lofink(D)
• Town manager	John D. Ward
Area
• Total	40.8 sq mi (105.7 km2)
• Land	40.7 sq mi (105.4 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	550 ft (167 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,903
• Density	270/sq mi (100/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	06035, 06060, 06090
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-32640
GNIS feature ID	0213434
Major highways
Website	www.granby-ct.gov

Granby is a town in northern Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 10,903 at the 2020 census.^[1] The town center is defined as a census-designated place known as Salmon Brook. Other areas in town include North Granby and West Granby. Granby is a rural town, located in the foothills of the Litchfield Hills of the Berkshires; besides the suburban natured center, the outskirts of town are filled with dense woods and rolling hills and mountains. From the 1890s to the 1920s, many immigrants from Sweden came to reside in the town.