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Greenwich (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ n ɪ tʃ / GREH-nitch) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.At the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. [2] Greenwich is a principal community of the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which comprises all of Fairfield County, and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
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.
There are 295 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Fairfield County. This list covers the 35 properties located partially or entirely in Greenwich. Ones in Bridgeport or Stamford are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, or in National Register of Historic Places listings in ...
The Greenwich Avenue Historic District is a historic district representing the commercial and civic historical development of the downtown area of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1989. Included in the district is the Greenwich Municipal Center Historic ...
U.S. Route 1 Route information Maintained by CTDOT Length 117.37 mi (188.89 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions South end US 1 in Port Chester, NY Major intersections US 7 in Norwalk Route 8 / Route 25 in Bridgeport Milford Parkway in Milford Route 9 in Old Saybrook Route 32 / SSR 437 in New London North end US 1 in Westerly, RI Location Country United States State Connecticut Counties ...
The Greenwich Senior Center, formerly Greenwich Town Hall, is a historic municipal building at 299 Greenwich Avenue in the business district of Greenwich, Connecticut. USA. Built in 1905, it is a prominent local example of Beaux Arts architecture, and served as the town's center of government until 1977. The building was added to the National ...
Merritt Parkway Merritt Parkway highlighted in red Route information Maintained by CTDOT Length 37.67 mi (60.62 km) Existed June 29, 1938 (June 29, 1938) –present Tourist routes Merritt Parkway Restrictions No commercial vehicles Major junctions South end Hutchinson River Parkway at the New York state line in Greenwich Major intersections US 7 in Norwalk Route 25 in Trumbull Route 8 / Route ...
The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities, including 19 cities, 149 towns and one borough, which are grouped into eight historical counties, as well as nine planning regions which serve as county equivalents . Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to ...