Compo is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in the town of
Westport,
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
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,
Connecticut
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, United States. It is in the south-central part of the town, lying between the
Saugatuck River and the neighborhood of
Saugatuck to the west, and Compo Cove, Sherwood Millpond, and the neighborhood of
Greens Farms to the east. The CDP extends south to Compo Beach on
Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a sound (geography), marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York (state), New York to the south. From west to east, ...
and north to
U.S. Route 1 (Post Road).
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...
crosses the middle of the CDP from east to west, with access from either Saugatuck or Greens Farms.
Compo was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census. The
Compo–Owenoke Historic District is in the southern part of the CDP.
References
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut
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