Explore Trumbull
Trumbull is an energetic, suburban town with an area of 23.5 square miles and a population of approximately 37,000 residents bordered by Bridgeport, Fairfield, Easton, Monroe, Shelton and Stratford, Connecticut. Only 60 miles from New York City or Hartford and 20 miles from Stamford or New Haven, Trumbull is a pleasant commute via the Merritt Parkway connecting to the Hutchinson River Parkway or Interstates 95, 91 and 84.
Trumbull was originally part of the town of Stratford which was founded in 1639, until the Parish of Unity, now known as Nichols, was established in 1725. In 1728, farming families from the Stratfield section of Fairfield began settling in the Chestnut Hill area becoming part of Long Hill Parish in 1740. The present areas of Trumbull Center and Tashua were also settled at that time.
After the Revolutionary War, the combined Parishes of Unity and Long Hill (having become the Society of North Stratford) petitioned the Connecticut General Assembly for township status. Despite well-established farms, including Daniel’s Farm and Nichols’s Farm, and a growing population, their petitions were denied for the following ten years. Ultimately, the town of Trumbull was incorporated and named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull in October of 1797.
During the Revolutionary War, Governor Trumbull was a dear friend and trusted advisor to George Washington, who referred to the Governor as Brother Jonathan. As patriarch to the Trumbulls of Lebanon, one of the most respected families in the history of the state of Connecticut, he was also the first of the state’s four “Governor Trumbulls”.
Throughout the 19th and early 20th Centuries, Trumbull prospered largely as an agricultural community combined with industries such as mining and light manufacturing. By the end of World War II, returning veterans were lured to Trumbull by the pleasing rural countryside, the wholesome character of the town and plentiful employment opportunities in the neighboring cities thus quadrupling the population.