Guilford Center, Connecticut

About Guilford Center

Set in the southern part of Connecticut, Guilford Center is a small unincorporated community.

Guilford Center holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.18 square miles.

📰 Guilford Center News Today

• Guilford Center Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
• Guilford Center, CT Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 19
• Guilford, CT Severe Weather Alert Weather Underground · Feb 22
• UPDATE: Guilford Food Center Has New Owners with Big Plans Patch · Mar 12
• Margaret Berube Obituary (1931 - 2022) - Guilford, CT - New Haven Register Legacy obituary · Jul 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Guilford Center Unique

• The only place in America named Guilford Center — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Guilford Center

• Chapter One — american
• Kamana — indian
• Shoreline Diner
• The Place — barbecue
• Three Girls Vegan Creamery
• Vietnoms Café — vietnamese
• iThai Restaurant — thai
• Ballou's Restaurant & Wine Bar
• Belle Vie Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Moonshots Juice Co. (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum · Museum
• Hyland House Museum · Museum
• Dinosaur Rock · Attraction
• Greene Art Gallery · Art gallery
• Medad Stone Tavern Museum · Museum
• Thomas Griswold House · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Guilford Center

• Angeloni Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Antler Ridge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Beaver Brook · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Big Maple · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bittner Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Carlson Meadow · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cedar Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chaffinch Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chaffinch Island State Park reviews ★
• Chittenden Park reviews ★
• Colt Manor · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cornish Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Guilford Center

• A. Baldwin Middle School
• A. W. Cox School
• Calvin Leete School
• E. C. Adams Middle School
• Guilford High School
• Guilford Lakes School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Guilford Center

🏘️ Nearby Communities