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Welcome to Old Saybrook, CT, where the Connecticut River meets the sound.
We are one of the oldest towns in the state, incorporated on July 8,1854.   We have a long history dating back to 1635, when we began as an independent colony known as the Saybrook Plantation.

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Selectmen's Office:
302 Main Street
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
PH: (860) 395-3123
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Town Profile
TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK  — PROFILE

LOCATION
Middlesex County
West Side of the Mouth of the Connecticut River
45 miles from Hartford
101 miles from New York
105 miles from Boston
Latitude 41° 17’ N. Longitude 72° 25’W.
Town Area – 18.3 square miles
Total Town Roads – 72 miles

TOWN INCORPORATION
July 8, 1854

FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Town Meeting/Board of Selectmen/Board of Finance
Net Grand List of October 1, 2007 - $ 1,946,208,540
Tax Rate: 13.44 Mills
Assessment Ratio: 70%
Grand Levy: 2006-2007 Budget, $30,614,560

BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Carl Fortuna, First Selectman cfortuna@town.old-saybrook.ct.us
Scott Giegerich, Selectman
Steven Gernhardt, Selectman

Two Voting Districts

POPULATION – June 30, 2008
State Department of Health Estimate: 10,535
School Enrollment: 1,618

PROPERTY – June 30, 2008
Dwellings: 5,675
Condominiums (residential, commercial & docks): 670
Motor Vehicles: 12,271