Westport, Connecticut
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 Westport Town Hall |
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| Location in Connecticut | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1835 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Connecticut | ||
| County : | Fairfield County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 7 ′ N , 73 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 26,391 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 509.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 86.2 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) of which 51.8 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 8 m | ||
| Postal code : | 06880 | ||
| Area code : | +1 203 | ||
| FIPS : | 09-83570 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0213532 | ||
| Website : | www.westportct.gov | ||
Westport is a town in Fairfield County in the US -amerikanischen State Connecticut with 26,391 inhabitants (2010). The geographical coordinates are: 41.12 ° North, 73.35 ° West. The urban area has a size of 86.3 km².
location
Westport is on the Saugatuck River and is bordered to the west and north by the towns of Norwalk and Weston , to the east by Fairfield and to the south by Long Island Sound .
traffic
The Interstate 95 runs through the city. Directly north of it, Route 126 crosses the river over the Saugatuck River Bridge , which the city built in 1884. A little further north, US Highway 1 also crosses the river.
Westport has two train stations ( Westport and Greens Farms ) which are served by the Metro-North Railroad .
economy
Westport is the seat of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and the construction machinery manufacturer Terex .
Culture and sights
The National Park Service has 14 structures and sites for Westport that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of November 26, 2018).
Twin cities
Westport cultivates partnership relationships
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Marigny in Normandy , France -
Saint Petersburg , Russia -
Yangzhou , China
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Bradford R. Wood (1800-1889), lawyer and politician
- Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830–1908), banker (Cuyler, Morgan & Jesup) and philanthropist
- William Coley (1862-1936), bone surgeon and oncologist
- David Dodge Boyden (1910–1986), musicologist and instrument scientist
- Eric Von Schmidt (1931–2007), painter, illustrator and folk and blues singer
- Buell Neidlinger (1936–2018), double bass player and university professor
- Steve Miner (born 1951), director
- Pamela Sue Martin (born 1953), actress (The Denver Clan)
- Cathleen Schine (* 1953), writer
- David Marshall Grant (born 1955), actor
- Lincoln Child (born 1957), writer
- Kevin Gray (1958-2013), actor
- Adam Marcus (* 1968), director and screenwriter
- Kerri Kenney-Silver (* 1970), actress and singer
- Tara Subkoff (* 1972), actress and fashion designer
- Micah Sloat (born 1981), actor
Connected to the city
- Trigant Burrow (1875–1950), founder of group psychoanalysis and the still existing Lifwynn Foundation in Westport
- Linda Fiorentino (* 1958), American actress, currently lives in Westport.
- Paul Newman (1925–2008), American actor, lived in Westport until his death.
- Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), painter and initiator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , lived in Westport for the last years of her life.
- Brett Somers (1924-2007), American actress and comedian, lived in Westport until her death.
- Hy Zaret (1907-2007), songwriter and composer, lived in Westport for the last few years of his life.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 26, 2018.