Stratford, Connecticut

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Stratford, Connecticut is a coastal New England town at the mouth of the Housatonic River known for its aviation history, beaches along Long Island Sound, and role as a suburban community in the New York metropolitan area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
adjacentTo Bridgeport
surface form: Bridgeport, Connecticut

Fairfield, Connecticut
Milford, Connecticut
Shelton, Connecticut
Trumbull, Connecticut
areaCode 203
475
contains Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
Stratford, Connecticut self-linksurface differs
surface form: Long Beach (Stratford, Connecticut)

Lordship (Stratford neighborhood)
Roosevelt Forest
Short Beach
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport
surface form: Sikorsky Memorial Airport

Stratford Center Historic District
Two Roads Brewing Company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Fairfield County, Connecticut
economicSector manufacturing
services
foundedBy Puritan settlers from England
foundedIn 1639
governmentType council–manager government
hasCoastlineOn Long Island Sound
hasFeature barrier beaches
salt marshes
tidal wetlands
hasRailStation Stratford station
hostsCompany Sikorsky Aircraft (until divestiture)
surface form: Sikorsky Aircraft
knownFor aviation history
beaches
helicopter manufacturing
suburban character
locatedAtMouthOf Housatonic River
locatedInMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area
locatedInRegion New England
locatedOnBodyOfWater Long Island Sound
majorHighway Interstate 95
Merritt Parkway
U.S. Route 1
namedAfter Stratford-on-Avon
surface form: Stratford-upon-Avon
partOf Gold Coast of Connecticut
postalCode 06614
06615
servedByRailLine New Haven Line
state Connecticut
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Fairfield County, Connecticut containsTown Stratford, Connecticut
Sikorsky Aircraft (until divestiture) headquartersLocation Stratford, Connecticut
subject surface form: Sikorsky Aircraft
Connecticut Route 15 connectsCity Stratford, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States borderedBy Stratford, Connecticut
subject surface form: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Greater Bridgeport area includes Stratford, Connecticut
Tyler Matakevich birthPlace Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut, United States
William Samuel Johnson placeOfBirth Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut Colony
William Samuel Johnson placeOfDeath Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut, United States
Merritt Parkway passesThrough Stratford, Connecticut
Trumbull, Connecticut borders Stratford, Connecticut
Shelton, Connecticut borderedBy Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut contains Stratford, Connecticut self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Long Beach (Stratford, Connecticut)
Benjamin Silliman placeOfBirth Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: North Stratford, Connecticut
David Wooster birthPlace Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut Colony
Gold Selleck Silliman birthPlace Stratford, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut Colony
David Wooster was mortally wounded in the battle placeOfBirth Stratford, Connecticut
subject surface form: David Wooster
this entity surface form: Stratford, Connecticut Colony