Durham, Connecticut

Durham, Connecticut
Town
Town of Durham
View from Pistapaug Mountain
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Middlesex County and Connecticut  Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°27′37″N 72°40′55″W / 41.46028°N 72.68194°W / 41.46028; -72.68194
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Middlesex
Region	Lower CT River Valley
Incorporated	1708
Government
• Type	Selectman-town meeting
• First selectman	Brendan Rea (R)
• Selectman	Robert Chadd (R)
• Selectman	Thomas Hennick (D)
Area
• Total	23.8 sq mi (61.6 km2)
• Land	23.6 sq mi (61.1 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [1]	161 ft (49 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	7,152
• Density	303.1/sq mi (117.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	06422
Area code(s)	860/959
FIPS code	09-20810
GNIS feature ID	0213419[1]
Website	www.townofdurhamct.org

Durham (/ˈdɜːrəm/ DURR-əm) is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 7,152 at the 2020 census.^[2] Every autumn, the town hosts the Durham Fair, the largest volunteer agricultural fair in New England.

The Durham town center is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The core of the town center has also been listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.