Trumbull is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

[1] The Trumbull area was the home of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation for thousands of years before the English settlement was made in 1639.

[2] Aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky lived in Trumbull during his active years, when he designed, built, and flew fixed-wing aircraft and put the helicopter into mass production for the first time.

The area comprising the town of Trumbull was occupied by the Paugusset Indian nation for thousands of years before English colonists arrived here during the Great Migration from England and established the town of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639.

In 1725, Stratford residents living in the northern part of the town petitioned the Colony of Connecticut to establish their own separate village.

[2] Aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky lived in Trumbull during his active years when he designed, built, and flew fixed-wing aircraft and put the helicopter into mass production for the first time.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey in 1986, the lowest point in town is approximately 40 feet (12 m) above sea level at Beach Park.

[6] These areas include: The town of Trumbull, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company agreed to make a joint Town and State purchase of land in the Pequonnock River Valley in 1989.

According to the American Community Survey (ACS) 2008 estimate,[11] there were 37,134 people, 12,338 households, and 10,021 families residing in the town.

The ten largest ethnicities were Italian 11,025 (29.7%), Irish 9,166 (24.7%), German 4,363 (11.7%), English 3,112 (8.4%), Polish 2,762 (7.4%), Russian 1,558 (4.2%), Hungarian 1,447 (3.9%), French (except Basque) 1,087 (2.9%), Portuguese 885 (2.4%), & Slovak 881 (2.4%).

In 1997 a time capsule was laid at the base of the Bicentennial Fountain with an opening date of October 12, 2097, Trumbull's tricentennial.

For 2009, Trumbull maintained a AA bond rating on $26.3 million in new general obligation issues.

[15] Located north of the Merritt Parkway and east of Route 8 near the town boundary with Shelton and Stratford, 93,000 square feet (8,600 m2) of commercial space is zoned and includes offices for large firms such as Helicopter Support, Sun Products, Unilever, and United Healthcare.

[17] The Westfield Trumbull Mall is located on Route 111, or Main Street, on the town boundary with Bridgeport, has over 180 stores.

[20] Adaptive reuse has been adopted to permit the reuse of all antique structures situated on state numbered roads which have been previously occupied by a non-conforming use, or are deemed historic by the town, and for which uses allowed by the existing zones are no longer viable—resulting in structures that may become badly maintained, under-utilized, vacant or demolished by neglect.

[21] The town amended its Municipal Code effective on October 1, 2012, to establish a Blight Prevention Ordinance pursuant to Section 7-148(c) (7) (H) (xv) of the Municipal Powers Act of the State of Connecticut General Statutes.

[22] The town's grand list assesses the taxable value in Trumbull at $5.114 billion, with a 2017 mill rate of 33.39.

Trumbull EMS is part of the Sponsor Council Hospitals of Greater Bridgeport region.

Their fleet of vehicles includes three Chevrolet Type III ambulances, two Mercedes Benz Sprinter Type II ambulances, two Chevy Tahoe paramedic fly-cars, and one Ford Police Interceptor utility style command vehicle.

Firefighting in the town of Trumbull is served by three independent and all-volunteer fire departments.

Each fire department handles its own tax structure and fundraising but receives no funding from the town.

The department currently has eighty officers and ten civilian workers, including the dog warden.

The library features online book searches & renewal, statewide inter-library loan, adult & youth sections, and several meeting rooms.

[63] U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked Trumbull one of the best 15 places to retire in Connecticut.