Norfolk (CDP), Connecticut

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Elevation
1,265 ft (386 m)
FIPS code09-54300
Norfolk, Connecticut
Soldiers' Monument
Soldiers' Monument
Location in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Location in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°59′22″N 73°11′58″W / 41.98944°N 73.19944°W / 41.98944; -73.19944
StateConnecticut
CountyLitchfield
TownNorfolk
Area
  Total
0.93 sq mi (2.41 km2)
  Land0.93 sq mi (2.41 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
1,265 ft (386 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
553
  Density595/sq mi (229.6/km2)
ZIP Code
06058
FIPS code09-54300
GNIS feature ID209306

Norfolk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is the central village within the town of Norfolk. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 553,[1] out of 1,709 in the entire town.

Norfolk is in northwestern Connecticut, in the Litchfield Hills. It includes the Norfolk Historic District, which covers the historic center of the village, but also extends west to include Old Colony Road, Blackberry Street, and Valley View Road, north to include Shepard Road, east to include Laurel Way and Beacon Lane, and south to include Highfield Road, Grant Street, and Battell Road.[2] It is bordered to the northwest by Haystack Mountain State Park.

U.S. Route 44 passes through the center of the community, leading west 7 miles (11 km) to Canaan village and southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Winsted. Connecticut Route 272 joins US 44 through the center of Norfolk but leads south 15 miles (24 km) to Torrington and north 4 miles (6 km) to the Massachusetts border.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Norfolk CDP has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all land.[1] Wood Creek, Norfolk Brook, and Spaulding Brook run along the edges of the CDP, joining in the western part to form the Blackberry River, a west-flowing tributary of the Housatonic River.

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