Wallingford [New Haven County] was set off from New Haven and named in May 1670 from Wallingford in Berkshire. Former names include "East River" and "New Haven Village."

Total area, 39.9 sq. miles, Land area, 39.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 43,100. Voting districts, 14. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of silverware, steel, plastic material and hardware.

Warren [Litchfield County] was incorporated from Kent in 1786 and named from Gen. Joseph Warren.

Total area, 27.6 sq. miles, Land area, 26.3 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 1,254. Voting Districts, 1. Principal industry, agriculture.

Washington [Litchfield County] was incorporated from Kent, Litchfield, New Milford and Woodbury in 1779 and named from George Washington. Fomerly the parishes of Judea and New Preston.

Total area, 38.7 sq. miles, Land area, 38.2 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 3,596. Voting Districts, 1.

Washington includes the areas known as Washington Depot, New Preston and Marbledale.

Waterbury [New Haven County] was settled in May 1674. It was incorporated and named in May 1686 from its abundant waters. Its Native American name is "Mattatuck."

Total area, 28.9 sq. miles, Land area, 28.6 sq. miles. Population, est., 109,019. Voting districts, 22. Principal industries, manufacture of brass and copper products, clocks and watches.

Waterford [New London County] was incorporated from New London in 1801. Its name is descriptive.

Area, 44.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 17,917. Voting districts, 4.

Waterford includes the section called Quaker Hill.

Watertown [Litchfield County] was formerly known as Westbury. It was incorporated in 1780 from Waterbury.

Total area, 29.6 sq. miles, Land area, 29.2 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 21,661. Voting districts, 4. Principal industries, manufacture of plastics, rayon, silk, nylon, mattresses, brass goods, metal coloring, wire goods and watches.

Watertown includes the area known as Oakville.

Westbrook [Middlesex County] was a parish named in 1810 as a west parish of Saybrook. It was incorporated in 1840. Its Native American name is "Pochaug".

Area, 21.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 5,617. Voting Districts, 1. Principal industries, fishing, woodworking, electronics, aircraft and missile parts, concrete blocks, auto sales, boat rentals and sales, marinas, summer resorts and Westbrook factory stores.

Weston [Fairfield County] was formerly known as Northfield. It was incorporated from Fairfield in 1787 and named as the west town of Fairfield. Its Native American name is "Aspetuck".

Area, 20.7 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 10,037. Voting districts, 2. Residential community; no industries.

Westport was incorporated from Fairfield, Norwalk and Weston in 1835. Its Native American name is "Saugatuck".

Area, 33.3 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 25,749. Voting districts, 8. Principal industries, retailing and office center for Fairfield County.

Westport includes the area known as Greens Farms.

West Hartford [Hartford County] Connecticut was named in 1806 and incorporated from Hartford, May, 1854. Formerly called West Division.

Area, 22.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 55,951. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of turbines, automobile parts, coil pipe, ball bearings, electrical supplies, screws, small tools and machinery, precision machinery tools, chucks, dies, chemical products, air conditioning units, and plastics.

To a large extent, a residential area. It includes the village of Elmwood, and neighborhoods of Bishops Corner, Corbin's Corner, Park Road and West Hartford Center.

It is considered to be a part of the Greater Hartford Metro Area.

West Haven [New Haven County] Connecticut was incorporated from Orange in 1921. It was named when made the west parish of New Haven, about 1720.

Area, 11.0 sq. miles. Population, est., 51,639. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, manufacture of buckles, manufacturing of durable and non-durable goods, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, artificial stone products.

West Haven is considered a part of the New Haven Metro Area.

Wethersfield [Hartford County] was settled as Watertown 1634 and named 1637 from Wethersfield in Essex, England. Indian name, "Pyquag."

Area, 13.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 25,095. Voting districts, 10. Principal industries, motel-gas-restaurant motoring trade, marine terminals for gasoline and fuel oils, tools and dies, offices and warehouses food, drug supplies, printing, seedsmen. Connecticut Light and Power Co. Computer Center and Northeast Utilities Service Co. Headquartered there, as well as the Department of Corrections, Labor Department and State Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation.

It is considered to be a part of the Greater Hartford Metro Area.

Willington [Tolland County] was formerly named "Wellington" in 1725 from Wellington in Somersetshire. It was incorporated in 1727.

Total area, 33.5 sq. miles; land area, 33.3 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 5,959. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, manufacture of machined parts, electroplating.

Willington includes the area known as West Willington.

Wilton [Fairfield County] was named in 1726 from Wilton in Wiltshire. It was incorporated from Norwalk in 1802.

Area, 27.4 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 17,633. Voting districts, 3. Residential community; electronic research development.

Winchester [Litchfield County] was called "Green Woods". It was incorporated in 1771 and named from a tract in Hampshire.

Total area, 33.8 sq. miles, Land area, 32.3 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 10,664. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, ballbearings, custom cartons, hinges, electrical harnesses and cables, turbine blades, screw machine products, machine tool companies, powdered metal products, pet supplies and business forms.

Winchester includes the areas known as Winchester Center and Winsted.

Windham [Windham County] Connecticut was settled in 1686. It was incorporated as a town in 1692 and as a city in 1893. Its name derives from Windham in Sussex or from Wymondham in Norfolk. The town of Windham and Willimantic consolidated in 1983.

Area, 27.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 21,436. Voting districts, 5. Principal industries, manufacture of fiber optic cable, rubber gaskets and rollers, capacitors, industrial abrasives, screw machine products, screws, fasteners and tiedowns.

Windham includes the areas North Windham, South Windham and Willimantic.

Windsor [Hartford County]. Settled by a company from Plymouth Colony, arriving with the frame and materials of a trading house on their vessel Sept. 26, 1633. This house was set up, 80 to 100 rods below the mouth of the Farmington River, on a tract previously bought of the original Indian proprietors. Before the summer of 1635, the settlers had bought Great Meadow, north of the Farmington, and placed cattle and servants on their lands. They sold out, 1637 and 1638, to Dorchester, Mass., settlers, who had arrived in their vicinity, 1635, and named their settlement Dorchester. It was named in 1637 from Windsor in Berkshire, now a royal residence.

Area, 31.1 sq. miles. Population, est., 27,475. Voting districts, 7. Principal industries: power generation, aerospace, insurance, computer aided design and manufacturing software development, medical technology, financial services, manufacturing of computer components, electronics, machine tools, adhesives, measuring devices, automotive parts, air movement equipment, and shade grown tobacco.

It is considered to be a part of the Greater Hartford Metro Area.

Windsor Locks [Hartford County] Connecticut was named in 1833 from the canal locks located there. It was incorporated from Windsor in May, 1854 and formerly called Enfield Falls.

Home of Bradley International Airport.

Area, 9.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 11,944. Voting districts, 2. Principal industries, food servicing and distribution, manufacture of aerospace products, paper products, electronics and machines.

Winsted was chartered as a borough in 1856 and as a city in 1915. The name was a combination of Winchester and the neighboring town of Barkhamsted. It lies in a pocket of the hills, at the junction of the Mad and Still Rivers, which supply good waterpower.

Wolcott [New Haven County] was incorporated from Southington and Waterbury in May 1796 and named from Govenor Oliver Wolcott.

Total area, 21.1 sq. miles, Land area, 20.4 sq. miles. Population, est., 15,703. Voting districts, 3. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of tools, novelties, etc.

Woodbridge [New Haven County] Connecticut was taken from New Haven and Milford and incorporated in 1784. Named for its pastor, B. Woodbridge. Formerly, parish of Amity.

Area, 19.2 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,265. Voting districts, 2. Principal industry, agriculture; mostly a suburban residential town.

Woodbridge is considered a part of the New Haven Metro Area.

Woodbury [Litchfield County] was named in 1673 as a description of its many woods. Its Native American name is "Pomperaug."

Total area, 36.7 sq. miles, Land area, 36.5 sq. miles. Population, 2000 Census, 9,198. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, machine shops, screw machine shops, welding and woodworking shops.

Woodstock [Windham County] Connecticut was settled in 1686 as New Roxbury, Massachusetts. The name changed in 1690 to Woodstock, from Woodstock in Oxfordshire. It was annexed to Connecticut in 1749.

Area, 61.8 sq. miles. Population, est., 6,580. Voting district, 1. Principal industries, agriculture and manufacture of electrical switches, jet aircraft components, microporous plastics, fancy soaps, toiletries, gourmet foods, and fiberglass components.

Woodstock includes the areas South Woodstock, East Woodstock and Woodstock Valley .