Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
| Danbury, Connecticut | |||
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| Nickname(s): The Hat City | |||
 Location in Fairfield County and the state of Connecticut. |
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| Coordinates: 41°24′08″N 73°28′16″W / 41.40222°N 73.47111°WCoordinates: 41°24′08″N 73°28′16″W / 41.40222°N 73.47111°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Connecticut | ||
| County | Fairfield | ||
| NECTA | Danbury | ||
| Region | Housatonic Valley | ||
| Incorporated (town) | 1702 | ||
| Incorporated (city) | 1889 | ||
| Consolidated | 1965 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Mayor | Mark D. Boughton (R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 44.3 sq mi (114.7 km2) | ||
| • Land | 42.1 sq mi (109.1 km2) | ||
| • Water | 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2) | ||
| • Urban | 123.6 sq mi (320.1 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 397 ft (121 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 80,893 | ||
| • Estimate (2016) | 84,992 | ||
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | ||
| ZIP code | 06810, 06811, 06813 | ||
| Area code(s) | 203; also future 475 | ||
| FIPS code | 09-18430 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0206580 | ||
| Website | www |
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Danbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located along the Still River approximately 70 miles northeast of New York City. Danbury's population at the 2010 census was 80,893. Danbury is the fourth most populous city in Fairfield County, and seventh among Connecticut cities. The city is within the New York Combined Statistical Area and Bridgeport Metropolitan Area
The city is named for Danbury, England, the place of origin of many of its early settlers. It is nicknamed the Hat City because of its prominent history in the hat industry; for a period in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was the center of the American hat industry. The mineral danburite is named for Danbury.
Danbury is home to Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Fair Mall and Danbury Municipal Airport.
Danbury was settled by colonists in 1685, when eight families moved from what are now Norwalk and Stamford, Connecticut. The Danbury area was then called Pahquioque by its namesake, the Algonquian-speaking Pahquioque Native Americans (they are believed to have been a band of the Paugusset people), who occupied lands along the Still River. Bands were often identified by such geographic designation but they were associated with the larger nation by culture and language).
One of the original English settlers was Samuel Benedict, who bought land from the Paquioque in 1685, along with his brother James Benedict, James Beebe, and Judah Gregory. This area was also called Paquiack ("open plain" or "cleared land") by the Paquioque. In recognition of the wetlands, the settlers chose the name Swampfield for their town. In October 1687, the general court decreed the name Danbury. The general court appointed a committee to lay out the new town's boundaries. A survey was made in 1693, and a formal town patent was granted in 1702.
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