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Old Greenwich is a coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [2] [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,611.[4]The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown ...
160 Sound Beach Ave., in Old Greenwich 41°02′00″N 73°34′05″W / 41.033333°N 73.568056°W / 41.033333; -73.568056 ( Sound Beach Railroad A working railroad station in the Old Greenwich (formerly called "Sound Beach") section of Greenwich
What is now called Greenwich Point was known for much of the area's early history as "Elizabeth's Neck" in recognition of Elizabeth Fones and the 1640 purchase of the Point and much of the area now known as Old Greenwich. [9] Greenwich was declared a township by the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford on May 11, 1665. [10]
Barn in Winter, Greenwich, Connecticut by John Henry Twachtman. The main route from Boston to New York, called "The Country Road," in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, went through Greenwich (later becoming U.S. Route 1), but it was a very rocky, hilly—even precipitous—route until improvements were made in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
The Putnam Hill Historic District encompasses a former town center of Greenwich, Connecticut.Located on United States Route 1 between Milbank Avenue and Old Church Road, the district includes the churches of two historic congregations, a former tavern, and a collection of fine mid-Victorian residential architecture.
Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843. [2]The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes ...
Glenville Historic District, also known as Sherwood's Bridge, is a 33.9 acres (13.7 ha) historic district in the Glenville neighborhood of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. It is the "most comprehensive example of a New England mill village within the Town of Greenwich".
Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes. From 1883 to 1885, the official post office name of Cos Cob was Bayport. In 2015, Forbes ranked Cos Cob the 287th wealthiest place in the US with a median house sale price of $1,329,107. [3]