WELCOME TO Weston, CT
Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 10,354 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town is served by Route 57 and Route 53, both of which run through the town center. About 19% of the town’s workforce commutes to New York City, about 45 miles to the southwest.
In 2017, SafeWise ranked Weston the safest town in Connecticut and the 6th safest town in the country.
Weston is the closest Connecticut town to New York City without a train station. Aside from a handful of stores that form the town’s center, Weston has little commercial development and residential development is limited by two-acre zoning. Most of Devil’s Den Preserve, a 1,746-acre nature reserve, which gets 40,000 visits a year, is located in the town.
In the 17th century, Weston’s first English settlers were mostly farmers living in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, the boundaries of which extended to Weston until the late 18th century. The Norfield Parish was created in the area now occupied by the towns of Weston and Easton. In 1787, the area was formally incorporated as the Town of Weston. It is believed to be named after Weston-super-Mare, which was a small fishing village surrounded by countryside farmland, which many of the early British farming settlers originated from. In 1845, the Town of Easton was split off from Weston.
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