Fairfield County is the most populous and prosperous area in the state of Connecticut USA. In the 2010 census, the district population was 916,829, estimated to increase 3.6% to 949,921 by 2017; the regional population represents slightly more than 25% of the total population of the state of Connecticut and is one of the fastest growing districts in the state. Located in the southwest corner of Connecticut, closest to New York City, the county has the four largest cities in the state - Bridgeport (1), Stamford (3), Norwalk (6th), and Danbury (7) - which has a combined population of 433,368 almost half the total population of districts.
The Office of Management and Budget of the United States has appointed Fairfield County as Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area. The United States Census Bureau puts Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area as the 57th metropolitan statistical area in the United States on July 1, 2012. The Management and Budget Office further established Bridgeport-Stamford- Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistics Area, the densest combined statistical area and key statistical areas of the United States.
As with all eight Connecticut counties, there is no local government and no county seats. As an area, it is just a geographical point of reference. In Connecticut, cities and towns are responsible for all local government activities including fire and rescue, schooling and snow disposal; in some cases, neighboring cities will share certain resources.
The Fairfield County Gold Coast assists the sixth rank in the US in per capita personal income by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in 2005, contributing substantially to Connecticut being one of the most prosperous countries in the US. Other communities are more densely populated and economically diverse than the more affluent regions known to the area.
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Histori
Fairfield County is home to many Native American tribes before the arrival of Europeans. The Schaghticoke people live in the Fairfield and Sherman regions of today. From east to west, the Wappinger sachemships include Paugussetts, Tankiteke, and Siwanoy. There are also residents of Paquioque and Potatuck in Fairfield County. The Dutch explorer Adriaen Block roamed the Connecticut coast in the spring and early summer of 1614 on a ship built in North America Onrust . The first European settlers in the area, however, were the Puritans and Congregationalists of England. Roger Ludlow (1590-1664), co-founder of the Connecticut Colony, helped buy and rent Fairfield (1639) and Norwalk (purchased in 1640, leased as a city in 1651). Ludlow is credited for having chosen the name Fairfield. Fairfield is a descriptive name that refers to the beauty of the fields. The town of Stratford was founded in 1639 also by Adam Blakeman (1596-1665). William Beardsley (1605-1661) was also one of the first settlers of Stratford in 1639.
Fairfield County was established by the action of Connecticut General Court in Hartford along with Hartford County, New Haven County, and New London County; which was the first four Connecticut counties, on May 10, 1666. From his transcript from the Connecticut Colonial Note to that day:
- This court orders that from the east border of Stratford
- to y e Rye shalbe boundary for the future of one County w ch
- shalbe called County Fairfield. And it was ordered
- that County Court shalbe is held at Fairfield on the second
- Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday of November
- every year. ( sic )
The original Fairfield District comprises the cities of Rye, Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Fairfield, and Stratford. In 1673, the town of Woodbury was founded and added to Fairfield County. In 1683, New York and Connecticut reached a final agreement on their common border. This resulted in the surrender of Rye town and all claims to Oblong to New York. From the late 17th century to early 18th century, several new towns were established in western Connecticut and added to Fairfield County, namely Danbury (1687), Ridgefield (1709), Newtown (1711), and New Fairfield (1740). In 1751, Litchfield County was founded, taking over the town of Woodbury. The final boundary adjustment for Fairfield County occurred in 1788 when Brookfield township was established from parts of Newtown, Danbury, and New Milford, with Fairfield County gaining territory from Litchfield County.
Other early county residents include: Joseph Hawley (born 1603 in England, died 1690), who emigrated to America in 1629 and then settled in Stratford in 1650, then became the first steward of Stratford. Joseph Hawley's son, Ephraim, built the Ephraim Hawley House in 1683 in Trumbull that still stands and serves as a private residence.
During the Revolutionary War, the tremendous agricultural output of Connecticut caused it to be known informally as the "State of the Terms". In the spring of 1777, the Supreme Commander of England, North American General William Howe, in New York City, ordered William Tryon to stop the supply flow from Connecticut reaching the Continental Army. Tryon and Henry Duncan led a fleet of 26 ships carrying 2,000 people to Westport's Compo Beach to rob the supply depot of the Continental Army at Danbury on April 22, 1777. Major General David Wooster (1710-1777), born in Stratford, was in charge over shops in Danbury and defended them with just 700 soldiers. Sybil Ludington helped bring together the New York militia to help defend Danbury. New York's militia included Sybil's father, Colonel Henry Ludington. Although they arrived too late to save Danbury from arson, old Ludington and New York militia helped support Danbury's troops and resumed British involvement known as Ridgefield Battle on 27 April 1777. Wooster was injured at Ridgefield and died five days later in Danbury.
Two years later during the British attack on Greenwich on February 26, 1779, General Israel Putnam, who lived in Knapp's Tavern the night before, rode his horse to warn the Stamford people. Putnam was shot by British robbers but was able to escape. The hat he wore with the musket ball hole inside was on display at Knapp's Tavern in Greenwich (which is usually, though somewhat erroneously, called Putnam's cottage). In the summer of 1779, General William Tryon sought to punish Americans by attacking civilian targets on the Connecticut coast with the force of some 2,600 British troops. New Haven was raided on July 5, Fairfield raided on the 7th and burned. Norwalk was raided on 10 July and burned on the 11th. Norwalk militia leader Captain Stephen Betts gave resistance to the invaders, but was overwhelmed by powerful British robbers and forced to retreat.
David Sherman Boardman (1786-1864) is a prominent lawyer and judge in this area and around Litchfield County.
On October 7, 1801, Neremiah Dodge and other members of the Danbury Baptist Association wrote to the then president Thomas Jefferson expressing their concern that as Baptists they may not be able to express full religious freedom in the state of Connecticut the "ancient charter" Adopted before the establishment of the church Baptist in the state. Jefferson replied in a letter to Dodge and other members of the Danbury church on 1 January 1802, in which he declared that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted "a wall of separation between the church and the State" which protected them.
Though often seen as an extension of metro-New York City, Fairfield County has many industries in its own right. Bridgeport Machines, Inc., a milling machine manufacturer, was founded in Bridgeport in 1938. Stamford, Connecticut is an example of urbanization on the edge of the city, with many large and important companies having offices there and benefitting from its proximity to New York.
At the height of its influence in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan had a distinct presence in county and county politics. This group is most active in Darien. Since then the Clan disappeared from the county.
Fairfield County, together with all other Connecticut counties, was abolished as a government agency in accordance with the laws of the state which came into effect on October 1, 1960.
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Geography
Landed
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of ​​837 square miles (2,170 km 2 ), of which 625 square miles (1.620 km 2 ) is land and 212 square miles (550 km 2 ) (25.3%) is water.
The terrain trends the area from flat near the coast to the hills and higher up near the northern extremities. The highest altitude is 1,290 feet (393 m) above sea level along the New York state line south of Branch Hill in Sherman Town; the lowest point is the sea surface itself.
The Taconic Mountains and the Berkshire Mountains in the Appalachian Mountains cross the Fairfield County. Taconics began roughly in Ridgefield and the Berkshires began roughly on the Northern Trumbull, both running north to Litchfield County and beyond. Some of the Taconons also reside in the countryside of Greenwich and the countryside of North Stamford in Fairfield County and run north to Westchester County, New York, eventually reentering Fairfield County in Ridgefield. A small section of the Appalachian Trail crossing Fairfield County; trail into Connecticut in the northernmost and most sparsely populated town in the county, Sherman, and head east to Litchfield County, which covers most of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut.
Parts of the Taconic mountains that flow through Greenwich and North Stamford in Fairfield County are also part of the Appalachian closest to the coast of the entire Appalachian Mountains.
Water
The 1684 boundaries agreed in this county are defined as 20 miles (32 km) east of the New York Hudson River, which extends to Long Island Sound with the southern boundary halfway to Long Island, New York. The eastern boundary is largely a natural frontier that is defined as the halfway point of the Housatonic River with New Haven County with the exception of several islands that belong entirely to Stratford. Sound Depth varies between 60 and 120 feet (37 m).
This area is home to the Byram River, Housatonic River, Mianus River, Mill River, Norwalk River, Pequonnock River, Rippowam River, Saugatuck River, and Still River.
Pollution
The River Still is polluted with mercury nitrate from the hat industry in Danbury, which has flowed into the Housatonic River and into Long Island Sound.
The Housatonic River is contaminated with Monsanto chemicals called Aroclor, polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. From circa 1932 to 1977, the river received a PCB pollution release from the General Electric plant in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Mountains and mountaintop
See the List of Mountains and Peaks in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Nearby districts
- Litchfield County (north)
- New Haven County (east)
- Westchester County, New York (southwest)
- Putnam County, New York (west)
- Dutchess County, New York (northwest)
- Nassau County, New York (south)
- Suffolk County, New York (south)
National protected area
- Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Reserve (section)
- Weir Farm National Historic Site
Highways
- I-84
- I-95 / Conn. Turnpike
- I-684
- US $ 1
- US $ 6
- US $ 7
- USÃ, 202
- Route 8
- Route 15
- Route 25
- Route 34
- Route 37
Demographics
census 2000
At the 2000 census, there were 882,567 people, 324,232 households, and 228,259 families living in the area. Population density is 1,410 people per square mile (545/km²). There are 339,466 housing units with an average density of 542 per square mile (209/km²). Racial makeup of the county is 79.31% White, 10.01% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 3.25% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Island, 4.70% of other races, and 2 , 49% of two or more races. 11.88% of the population are Hispanic or Latino from any race. 17.6% came from Italy, 12.4% Ireland, 6.5% Germany and 6.4% of British ancestors.
In 2010, 66.2% of the Fairfield County population was non-Hispanic whites and 10.8% of the black population. Asians are 4.6% of the population. Hispanics now constitute 16.9% of the population.
In 2000, 76.2% spoke English, 11.0% Spanish, 2.0% Portuguese, 1.7% Italian and 1.1% French as their first language. The last few groups are Haitians, though other Haitians will identify Haitian creoles as their first language.
There are 324,232 households where 34.20% have children under 18 living with them, 55.50% are couples living together, 11.50% have non-husbands female households, and 29.60% are not family. 24.00% of all households are individual and 9.40% have a living person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.18.
In this area, the population is spread by 25.60% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 30.90% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% 65 years or older. The average age is 37 years. For every 100 women, there are 93.40 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 89.60 men.
The average income for households in the area is $ 65,249, and the average income for families is $ 77,690. Men have an average income of $ 51,996 versus $ 37,108 for women. The per capita income for the county is $ 38,350. About 5.00% of families and 6.90% of the population are below the poverty line, including 8.30% of those under the age of 18 and 6.60% of those aged 65 and older.
census 2010
In the 2010 US Census, there were 916,829 people, 335,545 households, and 232,896 families living in the area. Population density is 1,467.2 people per square mile (566,5/km 2 ). There are 361,221 housing units with an average density of 578.1 per square mile (223.2/km 2 ). District racial makeup is 74.8% white, 10.8% black or African American, 4.6% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 6.8% of other races, and 2.6% of two or more races. Those from Hispanic or Latino comprise 16.9% of the population. In terms of ancestors, 18.1% were Italian, 15.9% were Irish, 9.8% were German, 8.7% were English, 5.5% were Poles, and 2.7% were American.
Of 335,545 households, 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 12.3% had non-husbands female households, 30.6% were non-family, and 24.9% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.21. The median age was 39.5 years.
The average income for households in the area is $ 81,268 and the average income for families is $ 100,593. Men have an average income of $ 70,187 compared to $ 50,038 for women. The per capita income for the county is $ 48,295. About 5.6% of families and 8.0% of the population are below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.4% of those aged 65 and older.
Demographic grouping by city
Earnings
The data comes from the US Census 2010 and Estimates of the 5-2020 US Community Survey 2006-2010.
Race
Data taken from the Estimated 5 Year Survey of the American Society 2011, ACS Demographics and Housing Estimates, "Competition alone or in combination with one or more other races."
Government and city services
In 1960, the area in Connecticut did not have an associated local government structure. So Fairfield County is just a reference geographical point. All city services are provided by cities, which will occasionally share certain resources through regionalization. To address issues on more than one city, several regional agencies that help coordinate cities for infrastructure, land use, and economic development concerns have been established. Within the Fairfield County geographical region, regional agencies are:
- Greater Bridgeport
- South West
- The Valley (partly in New Haven County)
- Housatonic Valley (partly in Litchfield County)
Regional municipal building
Some former municipal buildings are used by other state or local agencies, including:
- Fairfield County Prison in Bridgeport on the corner of North Avenue and Madison Avenue, still actively used to house detainees.
- Fairfield County Court Houses in Bridgeport and Danbury serving the legal needs of the district and housed deputy sheriff deputies until December 2000. The courthouse is still marked "Fairfield County Court House".
Law enforcement
Law enforcement in the county geographical area is provided by the respective city police departments, whereas in other states of the region such as New York and Vermont law enforcement will be provided by the local county sheriff's department. In less populous areas, such as Sherman, law enforcement is mainly provided by the Connecticut State Police. Prior to 2000, the County Sheriff's Department existed for the purpose of executing a legal order, transportation of prisoners, court security, Bailiff, and state and county executions. This responsibility has now been taken over by the Connecticut State Marshal System.
Some municipalities in the county still maintain the sheriff's department to fill the void of the removal of the county sheriff's department, such as the City of Shelton who has established the Shelton Sheriff's Department to execute warrants in the city.
Judicial
The county geographical area is served by three separate court districts: Danbury, Stamford-Norwalk, and Fairfield. Each district court has a superior court located, respectively, in Danbury, Stamford, and Bridgeport. Each judicial district has one or more geographical area courts ("GA"), a subdivision of the district court that deals with lower cases such as criminal offenses, minor claims, traffic violations, and other civil actions.
Fire protection
Fire protection in the county is provided by the cities. Some cities also have fire districts that provide services to parts of the city.
Education
Education in the region is usually provided by the city government. The exceptions are the cities of Redding and Easton, which join together to form a regional school district (Region 9).
Rate of Crime
Fairfield County has a low crime index of 2050.2 (per 100,000 population) as well as a murder closure rate of over 70%. Several government agencies, as well as private security contractors, have recorded a low level of Fairfield crime and the County currently has 6 cities and towns with a 90 percent percentile or higher percentile safety index than other US territories (based on violent crime and property).
Politics
Economy
In the late 1960s and early 1970s companies began to move their headquarters to Fairfield County from Manhattan; Thomas J. Lueck of The New York Times said that the trend of "permanent large business decentralization in the New York region." During the 1980s many purchases and reorganizations and economic recessions led to the companies that emptied most of the suburban office space in Fairfield County. In 1992 Fairfield County had the headquarters of more than 25 large multinational companies, giving it the third largest concentration of such companies in the United States after New York City and Chicago.
Recently, Fairfield County has been described as a "hedge fund ghetto" because of the large concentration of investment management firms in the area, notably Bridgewater Associates (one of the largest hedge fund companies in the world), Aladdin Capital Management and Point72 Asset Management.
Hospital
- Bridgeport Hospital
- Danbury Hospital
- Greenwich Hospital
- Norwalk Hospital
- St. Vincent Medical Center (Bridgeport) in Bridgeport
- Stamford Hospital
Transportation
Transit masses
With Interstate 95 and Merritt Parkway increasingly clogged with traffic, state officials are looking towards mass transit to reduce the main district road traffic load.
The new office buildings are concentrated near the train stations in Stamford, Bridgeport and other towns in the county to allow for more commuter trains. Its proximity to Metro-North Stamford railway station was cited by Royal Bank of Scotland as the main reason for placing a new US headquarters building in downtown Stamford; construction in the office tower began in late 2006.
Air
In Fairfield County there are two regional airports: Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford and Danbury Municipal Airport in Danbury. The district is also served by major airports such as Bradley International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Tweed New Haven Regional Airport and Westchester County Airport.
Bus service
The Stamford Connecticut Transit division operates local and inter-city buses to the southern part of the county. The Norwalk Transit District serves the Norwalk area in the southern half of the county; The Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority serves Bridgeport and the eastern Fairfield County; and the Housatonic Territory Transit agency serving Danbury and the northern parts of the county.
Ferry service
The Bridgeport & amp; Port Jefferson Ferry brings passengers and cars from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson, New York across Long Island Sound.
The incoming and outgoing ferry lines from Stamford are also under development.
Rel
Commuter Rail is probably the most important transportation artery in Fairfield County, as it allows its occupants to rise efficiently to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Service is provided on the Metro-North New Haven Line, and every town on the coastline has at least one station. The connecting line brings services to New Canaan from Stamford in New Canaan Branch, and to Danbury from South Norwalk at the Danbury Branch. Many trains run express from New York to Stamford, making it easy to reach in 45 minutes.
In the 2005 and 2006 Legislative sessions, massive allocations were made to purchase a replacement for 343 railway cars for the New Metro-North New Haven Line and branch lines. The 30-year-old car will be replaced with a new car at a rate of ten per month starting in 2010.
Bridgeport and Stamford are also served by Amtrak, and both cities see a large amount of boarding on the "Northeast Regional Route" (Boston to Newport News, VA). The route also serves other Amtrak stations in Connecticut, including New Haven, Old Saybrook, New London, and Mystic.
Main road
Boston Post Street
1 The US is the oldest east-west route in the county, which crosses all the coastal cities and towns. Known by various names along its length, most often "Boston Post Road" or just "Post Road", gradually acquire the latitude from west to east. So the western US 1 is formally designated "South" and the east is "North".
Although adjacent, AS.1 changes the name by region. In Greenwich, it's Putnam Avenue. In Stamford it becomes Main Street or Tresser Boulevard. In Darien it is Boston Post Road or "The Post Road". In Norwalk it's Connecticut Avenue to the west, Van Zant St, Cross St, and North Av in the middle, and Westport Avenue to the east. In Westport, it's Post Road West from the Norwalk line to the Saugatuck River and then Post Road East to Fairfield. At Fairfield it's Boston Post Road or "Postal Street". In Bridgeport follow the Kings Highway to the west, North Avenue in the middle, and Boston Avenue to the east. Finally, it becomes Barnum Avenue in Stratford.
Interstate 95
The western part of Interstate 95 in Connecticut is known as the Connecticut Turnpike or Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike in Fairfield County and across the country roughly parallel to the U.S. Route 1. This path is most commonly referred to as "I-95". The highway is six lanes (sometimes eight lanes) across the region. It was completed in 1958 and is often clogged with traffic especially during the morning and evening rush hour.
With such high land costs along the Gold Coast, state lawmakers say they do not consider fiscal widening of the road to be feasible fiscally, though sometimes stretching between the entrance and the nearest exit is now sometimes connected to an "operational improvement" fourth (for example, to the west between Exit 10 intersections at Darien and Exit 8 in Stamford). Expect similar additional lines at Darien and elsewhere in the Fairfield County section of the highway in the future, said MPs and state Transport Ministry officials.
Merritt Parkway
The Merritt Parkway, also known as "The Merritt" or Connecticut Route 15, is a truck-free parka that runs through the county parallel and is generally a few miles north of Interstate 95. It begins at the New York state line where it is the Hutchinson River Parkway and ended at Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge where he became the Wilbur Cross Parkway on the New Haven county line.
The exchange between Merritt Parkway and Route 7 in Norwalk was completed around 2000. The project was held in a lawsuit won by preservationists concerned about the historic Merritt Parkway bridge. Now exit 39 from Merritt, and exit 15 from I-95. Parkway is National Scenic Byway and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Interstate 84
Interstate 84, which runs through Danbury, is scheduled to be extended to a six-lane highway at all points between Danbury and Waterbury. State officials say they hope the widening will not only benefit the driver regularly on the route but also pull some cars off the more crowded Interstate 95, which is roughly parallel to that. Heavier trucks are unlikely to use Interstate 84 more often, as the routes are much more hilly than I-95 according to the state Transport Ministry officials.
US. Route 7
With its southern terminal on Interstate 95 at central Norwalk, Route 7 US headed north through Wilton, Ridgefield, and Danbury to head north. At Danbury and most of Norwalk, the route is a highway (known as the "Super 7" in the Danbury area or "The Connector" at Norwalk) but it's a four-lane road south of the Wilton-Norwalk border and up. to Danbury. There is a significant opposition to making highway access routes unlimited for the entire length by residents of Wilton and Ridgefield. As a compromise between advocates and highway opponents, the Connecticut Transport Department is upgrading its existing 2-lane portion to 4 lanes, with medians in multiple locations. The state has also passed the original 2-lane Route around Brookfield by highway, where city officials have long supported the highway to divert traffic from downtown.
Route 8 Connecticut
Route 8 ends in downtown Bridgeport from I-95 with Connecticut Route 25 and goes north. It splits from Connecticut Route 25 on Bridgeport - Trumbull town line and continues north to Trumbull and southeast Shelton, then outside the area through several towns of the Naugatuck River Basin to Waterbury and beyond. The construction of the route provided some impetus for the creation of office parks in Shelton and the construction of houses there and in other parts of The Valley.
Connecticut Route 25
Route 25 Start in downtown Bridgeport from I 95 with Route 8 and go north. It is split from Connecticut Route 8 in the Bridgeport - Trumbull city lane and continues into Trumbull. Limited access split the toll road ends at North Trumbull, but Route 25 continues into Monroe, Newtown, and Brookfield
Sports
Teams previously called Fairfield County their home include the Connecticut Wildcats of the USA Rugby League, Danbury Whalers and Danbury Titans from the Federal Hockey League, and Bridgeport Bluefish in the Atlantic League which is independent baseball.
Community
Note: Villages are named within the city, but do not have a company apart from the city they are in.
Phone area code
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