Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut

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The Town of Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County.

Ridgefield is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Ridgefield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Ridgefield, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Ridgefield had a population of 23,643 people^<2> (or 2.67% of the total population of Fairfield County). The population of Ridgefield represented 0.69% of the total of Connecticut, making it the state's 61st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Ridgefield had a population of 24,011 people. This is an increase of 1.56% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Ridgefield.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bridgeport	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	136,405	2.24% decrease
	Bridgeport	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	136,405	2.24% decrease
	Danbury	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	79,256	5.89% increase
	Danbury	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	79,256	5.89% increase
	Fairfield	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	57,345	---
	Greenwich	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	61,937	1.37% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Ridgefield.

The Commemorative Quarter for Connecticut<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ridgefield. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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