Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,765 at the 2020 census. 

At the time colonials began receiving grants for land within the boundaries of present-day Redding, Native American trails crossed through portions of the area, including the Berkshire Path running north–south.^[2]

In 1639, Roger Ludlow (also referenced as Roger Ludlowe in many accounts) purchased land from local Native Americans to establish Fairfield,^[3] and in 1668 Fairfield purchased another tract of land then called Northfield, which comprised land that is now part of Redding.