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Mill Plain is an unincorporated area in the City of
Defined as a village in the western part of Danbury, Mill Plain has also historically been considered a semi-autonomous hamlet. The first home in the area was built around 1720 by Nathaniel Stevens. By 1725 Samuel Castle had built his second grist mill, located in this section of town, which gave rise to the name Mill Plain. An early mention of Mill Plain is found in a 1769 deed for of land near a stream "that runs into ye Mill Plain Pond," which is the original name for
File:Village-Old-Mill-Plain.jpg, Old Mill Plain (1910)
File:1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Connecticut - Fairfield County - Danbury - ED 1-5 - ED 1-28 - NARA - 5829381 (page 3).jpg, 1940 Census - District Map
File:Mill-Plain-School.jpg, Mill Plain School House, Danbury, Conn. (1909)
File:Mill-plainvalp orig.jpg, Mill Plain Railroad Station (1916)
Towns, Villages, and Districts with No Post Office of Same NameOpenStreetMap - Mill Plain Hamlet
Neighborhoods in Connecticut Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Geography of Danbury, Connecticut Villages in Fairfield County, Connecticut Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut.
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
, United States. It is located in the westernmost part of the city, bordering the town of Southeast, New York.
History
Defined as a village in the western part of Danbury, Mill Plain has also historically been considered a semi-autonomous hamlet. The first home in the area was built around 1720 by Nathaniel Stevens. By 1725 Samuel Castle had built his second grist mill, located in this section of town, which gave rise to the name Mill Plain. An early mention of Mill Plain is found in a 1769 deed for of land near a stream "that runs into ye Mill Plain Pond," which is the original name for Lake Kenosia
Lake Kenosia is a lake located in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. The lake covers .
History
The lake was originally called Mill Plain Pond because the dam of a nearby mill had flooded the swamp located there.
In 1860, a resort hotel called ...
. The area belonged to the town of Ridgefield at that time.
In 1865, resident Henry M. Senior opened a general store and post office. Five years later, Senior built a hat manufacturing shop in the area, which operated until 1892. Mill Plain station
Mill Plain was a station on the main line of the New York and New England Railroad and later the Maybrook Line of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Opened in 1881, the station was originally located in the Mill Plain area in the we ...
, was built in 1881, and closed in 1928 after being acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
The post office was operated by the Senior family until the 1940s.
Parks and recreation
*Richter Park *Farrington Woods *Lake Kenosia ParkNotable people
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)References
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Towns, Villages, and Districts with No Post Office of Same Name
Neighborhoods in Connecticut Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Geography of Danbury, Connecticut Villages in Fairfield County, Connecticut Danbury, Connecticut