The Seal of Stamford

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About the Seal

The Town Clerk is the keeper of the Seal of the City, as per State Statutes. 

Permission for the use of the Seal is granted by the Town Clerk.

The original Seal of the City recognizes its original people, conveys our connection with the earliest settlers who arrived from England, and portrays the oldest forms of economic activity: trade by sea and industrial milling

The Seal is used to authenticate and certify documents of the city.  For the certification to be meaningful, continuity and permanency in the design of the Seal is necessary.

Changes to the Seal need to be reported to the Secretary of the State. 

Design History

Black and white image of the original seal of Stamford, Ct - Indian Chief head surrounded by the words City of Stamford Connecticut Colorized image of the original seal of Stamford, Ct - Indian Chief head surrounded by the words City of Stamford Connecticut

Original Stamford Seal 1893-1949
The original of the pre-1949 has not only not been seen in over 70 years. No one knows where it is or what became of it.
Have you seen it - Help us return this to our city.
Seal recreation by Vincent Murace.


 

1949 new seal of the Town of Stamford 

The City and Town of Stamford governments merge and the Board of Representatives hold their first meeting in 1949. After the consolidation this seal became the seal for all of Stamford.

“The assignment of the Seal to the Town of Stamford took place on April 12, 1916 in the office of the Town Clerk of Stamford. Thus ended a momentous and gratifying episode in the History of the Stamford Historical Society.”

Stamford Historical Society


First digitized seal of Stamford
The first digitized version of the seal. Created by Vincent Murace, a graphic designer and life long Stamford resident. The process to create this version took over ten years in recreating and research to ensure that all of the elements from the original seal were correctly recreated.