Little Danbury, Connecticut: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |
<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |
||
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] |
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] |
||
| postal_code = |
| postal_code = 06824 |
||
| area_code_type = [[Area code]] |
| area_code_type = [[Area code]] |
||
| area_code = [[Area codes 203 and 475|203/475]] |
| area_code = [[Area codes 203 and 475|203/475]] |
||
Revision as of 16:18, 10 October 2018
Little Danbury | |
|---|---|
  Little Danbury Location within the state of Connecticut  Little Danbury Little Danbury (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°07′39″N 73°14′50″W / 41.12750°N 73.24722°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| U.S. state |  Connecticut |
| County | Fairfield |
| NECTA | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
| Region | Metropolitan CT |
| Town | Fairfield |
| Elevation | 0.9 m (3 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Code | 06824 |
| Area code | 203/475 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1942407[1] |
Little Danbury is a ghost town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.[1]
Little Danbury was a beachfront settlement on Long Island Sound in what is today southeast Fairfield.
History
The Fairfield area had no permanent beachfront living structures prior to the late 1800s. Shacks would be erected at the start of the vacation season and then dismantled and stored for the winter. In the late 1890s, "rustic" inexpensive permanent cottages were built in a settlement called "Little Danbury".[2][3]
The cottages were popular with "average folks who traveled down from Danbury", while wealthy vacationers—who arrived daily by train from New York—did not consider beachfront cottages fashionable and instead stayed at the inland Fairfield House resort.[2][3]
Reef Road was built to reach Little Danbury, and soon after, a cluster of inexpensive cottages known as "Little Bridgeport" was established at nearby Pine Creek.[2]
Many of the properties at Little Danbury were destroyed in the 1938 New England hurricane.[2]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Danbury (historical)
- ^ a b c d Rose, Elizabeth (2014). "1800s: Life's a Beach". TownVibe Fairfield.
- ^ a b Provost, Lisa (July 3, 2005). "The Fairfield, Conn., Beach Area; A Beach Community in an Awkward Transition". The New York Times.
| Topics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States | |||||||
| Major cities | |||||||
| State capitals | |||||||
| Transportation |
| ||||||
