Noroton 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
Darien,
Fairfield County,
Connecticut
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, United States. It occupies the southwestern part of Darien, from the
Metro-North Railroad
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in the north to
Long Island Sound
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in the south. The southern half of the community occupies Noroton Neck, between Holly Pond to the west and the Goodwives River to the east. It is bordered to the west by the city of
Stamford and to the east by the
Tokeneke neighborhood of Darien. To the north is
Noroton Heights.
It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
References
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut
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