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In the early and mid-20th century, Wilton students went to high schools in Westport, New Canaan, Norwalk (until 1930), Danbury and Ridgefield. [5] Since the schools in these communities were becoming overcrowded with population growth, a regional high school for Wilton was proposed in 1935 but was vetoed by the state governor.
The David Lambert House stands in southern Wilton, on the east side of Danbury Road (United States Route 7) just south of its junction with Westport Road (Connecticut Route 33). It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a clapboarded exterior and a large central chimney. Its roof is asymmetrical, with a gambreled ...
Azor Belden House - c. 1788 - 539 Danbury Road - An older origin for this building is asserted by local historian Robert H. Russell, who wrote that in 1727, William Belden, then 56 years old, and his large family moved to Wilton from Deerfield, Massachusetts and bought this house from Obadiah Wood. The house was later greatly expanded and ...
567-728 Boston Post Rd., 1-25 Brookside Rd., and 45-70 Old Kingshighway N. Darien: Historic district that includes a row of 12 nineteenth-century houses on Boston Post Road, and a town hall and a Greek Revival church. [18] 14
The Cannon family became prominent in the area, in part because of the Cannon Store, which started operating in the 1790s. In March 1852, the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad opened a station in the neighborhood, near where the tracks crossed Cannon Road, and named it Cannon Station. Soon after, Charles Cannon began a campaign to get a post office ...
Wilton station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Wilton, Connecticut. The station first opened in 1852 and is the most used station on the Danbury Branch by weekday passengers.
Wilton is a part of the 26th Senate District, represented by Ceci Maher. Wilton is also a part of the 42nd House District, currently represented by Keith B. Denning. Since 2015, Wilton has been led by First Selectwoman Lynne Vanderslice, a Republican serving her second four-year term. Her term expires on November 30, 2023. [32]
The CDP extends from Ridgefield Road (Connecticut Route 33) in the north to Wolfpit Road Connecticut Route 106 in the south, and is bordered to the east by the Metro-North Railroad Danbury Branch line. The western edge of the CDP is an irregular line about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) west of the Metro-North line. [3]