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History · Guilford Center

32% of Guilford Center’s homes were built before 1940

8 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on.

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32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Guilford Center’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Guilford Center are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1984. Watch Guilford Center change.Landmarks on the Register8 places on the National Register.Old housesHalf of Guilford Center’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Guilford Center’s history is told.

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On the map

Guilford Center on the map, 1893 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Guilford Center. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Guilford Center on the 1893 USGS mapGuilford Center on the 1954 USGS mapGuilford Center on the 1968 USGS mapGuilford Center on the 1972 USGS mapGuilford Center on the 1984 USGS map1893Guilford sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Guilford Center.

On the National Register

8 listings protect 381 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

places listed
8
National Historic Landmark
1
none yet
historic buildings protected
381
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Guilford Center, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Guilford Center yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic district encompassing the entire town center of Guilford, Connecticut, United States. It is centered on the town green, laid out in 1639, and extends north to Interstate 95, South to Long Island Sound, west to the West River, and east to East Creek. It includes more than 600 historic structures, most built between the late 17th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the town's growth and history during that time. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The town center has been listed as a census-designated place (CDP) since 2008. As of the 2010 census, the Guilford Center CDP had a population of 2,597, out of 22,375 …

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,597 in 2010, 2,586 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Guilford Center, decade by decade

Today14 recent
Vietnam War Memorial in Guilford, Connecticut2025Vietnam War Memorial in Guilford, ConnecticutThe Guilford Town Green in Connecticut2025The Guilford Town Green in ConnecticutThe Guilford Free Library in Connecticut2025The Guilford Free Library in ConnecticutSt. George Catholic Church in Guilford, CT2025St. George Catholic Church in Guilford, CTFirst World War Memorial in Guilford, Connecticut2025First World War Memorial in Guilford, ConnecticutDecember Evening on Whitfield Street2025December Evening on Whitfield StreetA millstone capping an old well on the Guilford Green2025A millstone capping an old well on the Guilford GreenGuilfordCT TownHall2018GuilfordCT TownHallGuilfordCT TownGreen2018GuilfordCT TownGreenGuilfordCT Library2018GuilfordCT LibraryGuilfordCT FirstCongregationalChurch2018GuilfordCT FirstCongregationalChurchGuilfordCT ChurchOfChristScientist2018GuilfordCT ChurchOfChristScientistGuilfordCT ChristChurch2018GuilfordCT ChristChurchGuilfordCT CenterHD12018GuilfordCT CenterHD1
Famous people

Famous people close to Guilford Center

Nobody well known was born in Guilford Center itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ernest BorgnineAmerican actor · b. 1917
Josiah Willard GibbsAmerican scientist · b. 1839
Paul GiamattiAmerican actor · b. 1967
George AkerlofAmerican economist and Koshland Professor of Ec… · b. 1940
Vint CerfAmerican computer scientist · b. 1943
Charles GoodyearAmerican inventor · b. 1800
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History across the town line

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (14) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.