Byram is a neighborhood/section and

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(CDP) in the town of

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, United States. 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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Westchester County, New York Westchester County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, bordering the Long Island Sound and the Byram River to its east and the Hudson River on its west. The c ...

, 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, United States. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,873 at the 2020 census. Cos Cob is lo ...

, Glenville, Mianus,

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, Riverside 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.

Education

As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Bryam is in the

Greenwich Public Schools Greenwich Public Schools is a school district located in Fairfield County, in Greenwich, Connecticut, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The district has boundaries that are coterminous with those of the town. Approximately 8,840 students ...

school district. The district's comprehensive high school is

Greenwich High School Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,700 students. It offers over 295 courses and a wide variety of co-cu ...

Culture

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

Places

Byram has three sites on the

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