Byram is a neighborhood/section and

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(CDP) in the town of

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. It had a population of 4,146 at the 2010 census, and a census-estimated population of 4,216 in 2018. An endcap of Connecticut's Gold Coast, Byram is the southernmost point in the town of Greenwich and the

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. It is separated from

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, by the

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. Byram was once known as East Port Chester.

History

The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram,

Cos Cob Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,770 at the 2010 census. Cos Cob is located on the west ...

, Glenville, Mianus,

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and

(sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes. Byram Quarry, now closed, supplied stone for the

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, the base of the

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and St. Roch Church.

Geography

According to the

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, Byram has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.32%, is water.

Culture

A scene from the movie '' The Good Shepherd'' was shot in Byram.

Places

Byram has three sites on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

: * Phebe Seaman House (1794), 170 Byram Road; built c. 1794 *

Thomas Lyon House The Thomas Lyon House, at 1 Byram Road, was built ca. 1739 and is considered to be the oldest unaltered structure in Greenwich, Connecticut. The restoration of the house, a Colonial saltbox, is the primary project of the Greenwich Preservation T ...

— 1 Byram Road; built: c. 1695, listed: 1977 * Byram School — Western Junior Highway; built: 1925, listed: 1990

Library

Byram Shubert Library

Notes

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