Connecticut — Config Review
Profile config
Villages ExistNo
Judicial Regions13
School Districts6
Concepts (10)
Connecticut
Local NameConnecticut
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameGeneral Assembly
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsTowns
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesBridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury, Norwalk
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentNo
SubdivisionsNo
Town
Local NameTown
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Selectmen
Executive TitleFirst Selectman
Executive RequiredNo
Governanceselectmen-town-meeting, strong-mayor, council-manager
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Education
Regional Educational Service Center
Local NameRegional Educational Service Center
Local AbbrevRESC
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameRESC Board
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (3)
Selectmen-Town-Meeting
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://services3.arcgis.com/3FL1kr7L4LvwA2Kb/arcgis/rest/services/CT_Counties/FeatureServer/0
ProviderCT DEEP GIS, "CT Counties"
TypeArcGIS REST FeatureServer
Noteverified 8, exact match. Item description explicitly states counties are legacy/statistical, superseded by 9 Planning Regions — consistent with this file's has_active_government=false.
Field mapping (2)
Countyname
CountyFIPS (Or CountyFIPS GEOID)attributes.county_fips
Town
Urlhttps://services1.arcgis.com/FjPcSmEFuDYlIdKC/arcgis/rest/services/Connecticut_Town_Index/FeatureServer/0
ProviderCT DEEP GIS, "Connecticut Town Index" — CT's real municipal unit (see this file's town concept)
TypeArcGIS REST FeatureServer
Noteverified 169, exact match. No field flags which towns also hold a city charter (e.g. Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport) — that distinction wasn't found in any live CT GIS source.
Field mapping (2)
TOWNname
TOWN NOjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "ct_town_no")
School Districts
Urlhttps://data.ct.gov/resource/9k2y-kqxn.json
ProviderCT State Dept of Education (SDE), "Education Directory"
TypeSocrata SODA API — a school-level roster, not district polygons
Noteverified 207 distinct district names via a SoQL count query (matches ~200 stated).
Field mapping (4)
District Namename
Organization Codejurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "ct_org_code")
Townparent town
Organization Typeconcept_id — distinguishes "Public Schools" from "Regional Education Service Center Schools"
Educational Region
Statusno unified API/dataset — directory only
Note6 RESCs (ACES, CREC, CES, EASTCONN, EdAdvance, LEARN) confirmed via rescalliance.org, aces.org/our-agency/about-aces/resc-alliance, and a static CT SDE PDF map (portal.ct.gov/-/media/sde/cte/resc_wdbmap.pdf) with directors/ addresses — not queryable data. The school_districts source above does carry individual RESC-operated schools as rows.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population.