North Stamford is section of Stamford, Connecticut, USA, north of the Merritt Parkway. Often hilly and wooded, it is less densely developed than the rest of the city, containing about one-third of the land area within the city but only about 12% of the total population (per the 2000 Census). North Stamford was a village until 1949, when it became part of the City of Stamford.