Stonington is a
borough and the town center of the
town of
Stonington in
New London County,
Connecticut,
United States, and known as "The Borough" to locals. The population was 929 at the
2010 census. The densely built Borough of Stonington occupies a point of land that projects into
Little Narragansett Bay. It has two main streets that link two squares: Cannon Square and Wadawanuck Square, named for the former Wadawanuck Hotel that brought wealthy visitors in the post-Civil War era. The lack of through traffic or modern industry, together with the borough's role as a fashionable summer residence, have preserved its
colonial,
Federal, and outstanding
Greek revival domestic architecture, while the activity of one of Connecticut's last remaining
fishing and
lobstering fleets keep it from being simply a quaint, historic village. There is a large community of
Portuguese descent.