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Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located in the Gold Coast along the
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, it is northeast of
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and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. Westport's public school system is ranked as the top public school district in Connecticut and 17th best school district in the United States.


History

The earliest known inhabitants of the Westport area as identified through archaeological finds date back 7,500 years. Records from the first white settlers report the
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Indians living in the area which they called ''Machamux'' translated by the colonialists as ''beautiful land''. Settlement by colonialists dates back to the five '' Bankside Farmers''; whose families grew and prospered into a community that continued expanding. The settlers arrived in 1693, having followed cattle to the isolated area. The community had its own ecclesiastical society, supported by independent civil and religious elements, enabling it to be independent from the Town of Fairfield. As the settlement expanded its name changed: it was briefly known as "Bankside" in 1693, officially named Green's Farm in 1732 in honor of Bankside Farmer John Green and in 1835 incorporated as the Town of Westport. During the Revolutionary War, on April 25, 1777, a British force of 1,850 under the command of the Royal Governor of the Province of New York, Major General
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, landed on Compo Beach to destroy the
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's military supplies in Danbury.
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from Westport and the surrounding areas crouched hiding while Tryon's troops passed and then launched an offensive from their rear. A statue on Compo Beach commemorates this plan of attack with a crouching Minuteman facing away from the beach, looking onto what would have been the rear of the troops. An additional statue of two cannons facing the water, a testament to the resistance the minutemen displayed, was erected on the beach in 1901. A sign on Post Road East also commemorates this event. The Town of Westport was officially incorporated on May 28, 1835, with lands from Fairfield,
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and Norwalk. Daniel Nash led 130 people of Westport in the petitioning of the Town of Fairfield for Westport's incorporation. The driving force behind the petition was to assist their seaport's economic viability that was being undermined by neighboring towns' seaports. For several decades after that, Westport was a prosperous agricultural community, distinguishing itself as the leading onion-growing center in the U.S. In addition, Westport became a shipping center in part to transport onions to market. Blight caused the collapse of Westport's onion industry, leading to mills and factories replacing agriculture as the town's economic engine. Starting around 1910 the town experienced a cultural expansion. During this period artists, musicians, and authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald moved to Westport to be free from the commuting demands experienced by business people. The roots of Westport's reputation as an arts center can be traced back to this period during which it was known as a "creative heaven." In the 20th century, a combination of industrialization and popularity among New Yorkers attracted to fashionable Westport—which had attracted many artists and writers—resulted in farmers selling off their land. Westport changed from a community of farmers to a suburban development. From the 1950s through the 1970s, New Yorkers relocating from the city to the suburbs discovered Westport's culture of artists, musicians and authors. The population grew rapidly, assisted by the ease of commuting to New York City and back again to rolling hills and the "natural beauty of the town." By this time Westport had "chic New York-type fashion shopping" and a school system with a good reputation, both factors contributing to the growth. By the 21st century, Westport had developed into a center for finance and insurance, as well as professional, scientific and technical services.


Geography

According to a publication by the 2010 Census, Westport has a total area of of which (59.67%) is land with the remaining area of (40.20%) water. Westport is bordered by Norwalk on the west,
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to the north, Wilton to the northwest, Fairfield to the east and
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to the south.


Climate


Topography

Both the train station and a total of 26 percent of town residents live within the 100-year floodplain. The floodplain was breached in 1992 and 1996 resulting in damage to private property, the 1992 flooding of the train station parking lot and the implementation of flood mitigation measures that include town regulations that affect renovations and additions to building within the floodplain zone.


Neighborhoods

* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices. Saugatuck originates from the Paugussett tribe meaning "mouth of the tidal river" ** Saugatuck Shores – a curved peninsula surrounded by the Long Island Sound, this area was once part of the town of Norwalk. Today several hundred residents live on the peninsula, which became part of Westport in the 1960s. ** Saugatuck Island – founded in the 1890s as Greater Marsh Shores, the island was renamed to its current name in 1920 and became a special taxing district on November 5, 1984. * Westport Village – The area around Post Road and Main Street on and near the Saugatuck River that serves as the center of Westport, with many shops and restaurants. There has been recent growth in the downtown area, including Levitt Pavilion, and Bedford square, a mixed-use development incorporating the Bedford Mansion * Greens Farms – Westport's oldest neighborhood, starting around Hillspoint Road and ending at Westport's boundary on the east side. Greens Farms has its own post office and train station *
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(pronounced "KuhKEEnee") – just off the southeastern coast of the town. Cockenoe Island is an uninhabited island that was purchased by Westport for $212,740 from the United Illuminating Company in 1969 so that the company could not use the land to build a nuclear plant * Old Hill – west of the Saugatuck River and north of the Post Road, a historic section of town with many homes from the Revolutionary and Victorian eras. Prior to the road being called the Boston Post Road it was called the Connecticut Turnpike * Coleytown – Located at the northern edge of town, near the Weston town line. Home to Coleytown fire station, Middle and Elementary school. Named for Farmer Coley, who owned lots of land in this area * Compo – Located around the main beach in the town, Compo Beach. Compo (Compaug), can be traced back to the early Paugussett tribe and means ''the bear's fishing ground'' * SewTrol – The area containing the Town Sewage Treatment Plant, the Town Animal Control, and the State Boat Launch


Demographics

The 2019 US Census reported a population estimate of 28,491 with the median household income at $206,466. The 2010 US Census counted the total number of households in Westport being 9,573 of which 7,233 (75.6%) were family households. The population density was . There were 10,065 housing units at an average density of . According to the 2010 Census, the population of Westport was 92.6%
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, 4.0% Asian, 1.2% Black or African American, and 0.1% American Indian. Individuals from other races made up 0.6% of Westport's population while individuals from two or more races made up 1.6%. In addition, Latinos of any race made up 3.5% of Westport's population. About 29.8% of Westport residents were younger than age 18 as of 2010; higher than the U.S. average of 24%. According to the 2000 Census, there were 9,586 households, of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 6.8% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 25.2% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $147,391, and the median income for a family was $176,740. As of the 2000 Census, males had a median income of $100,000 versus $53,269 for females. The per capita income for the town was $73,664. 2.6% of the population and 1.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.7% are under the age of 18 and 2.1% are 65 or older. In July 2008, Westport was named the fifth top-earning city in the US, with a median family income of $193,540 and median home price of $1,200,000. In 2018, data from the
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revealed that Westport was the 9th wealthiest city in the United States.


Economy


Commerce and industry

The financial services sector employs 7,171 in Westport; half of whom commute daily to Westport. The financial services industry is a major segment of the local economy. The major financial services companies in Westport now are
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, a global
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and Westport's largest employer, and
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. Professional, scientific, and technical services companies include Terex, a
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company manufacturing industrial equipment and offering professional and technical services around those products, and dLife, a multimedia diabetes education (and marketing) company.


Nonprofits

*
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, the American charity, governed entirely separately from the British charity of the same name, was headquartered in Westport before moving to Fairfield * The Smith Richardson Foundation, a public policy think tank, is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut * Joseph J. Clinton Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 399 and August Matthias American Legion Post 63 are 501(c)(19) Non Profit charities located in Westport.


Arts and culture


Attractions

*The Westport Country Playhouse, founded in 1930, is a regional theater. After Paul Newman moved to Westport in 1960, he became a principal "driving force" behind the playhouse. * Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Westport, part of the Westport Arts Center; the facility was expanded in 2019 to include the permanent contemporary art collection. * Westport Museum for History and Culture, founded in 1889, is dedicate to the history of Westport. * The Wakeman Town Farm is a historic working farm and sustainability demonstration center. * The Rolnick Observatory is located on a former Nike missile site. * Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center, is a natural history museum, nature center and wildlife sanctuary.


Parks and recreation

Comprising , Sherwood Island State Park is located on
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and includes beach access. Compo Beach and Burying Hill Beach are municipal beaches that are open to out-of-town visitors in the summer for a fee. The state's 9/11 memorial was put in Sherwood Island State Park in Westport; on a clear day the New York City skyline can be seen. In 1960, Westport purchased Longshore Club Park. In 2011,
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's estate gave land to Westport to be managed by the Aspetuck Land Trust.


Government

Westport, like Connecticut as a whole, is heavily Democratic.
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outscored Donald J. Trump by 42 points in 2016.
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outscored Donald J. Trump by more than 50 points in 2020, marking the best performance for a Democratic presidential nominee in the town in over 60 years. Westport was one of five towns in Connecticut that backed former
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John Kasich over Donald J. Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Kasich received 1,098 votes (46.19 percent) ahead of Trump who garnered 1,053 votes (44.30 percent). U.S. Senator
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of
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finished third with 165 votes (6.94 percent). The town switched to a Representative Town Meeting style governance in 1949. The government consists of a three-member Board of Selectmen, a Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a Board of Finance, a Board of Education, a Planning and Zoning Commission, and various other commissions, boards, and committees.


Taxes

As of 2019, the current
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of Westport is 16.86.


Education


Schools


Public schools

Staples High School is Westport's only public high school. Staples High School was ranked No. 1 for best high schools in Connecticut and 279th best nationwide." The school is in the Staples neighborhood. The district has two middle schools, Bedford Middle School and Coleytown Middle School. In September 2009, Bedford Middle School was awarded the government-honored Blue Ribbon Award. In 2020, Bedford Middle and Coleytown Middle schools were ranked No. 3 and No. 7 in the state, respectively. There are five elementary schools with a total of 2,556 students: * Coleytown Elementary School * King's Highway Elementary School * Green's Farms Elementary School * Saugatuck Elementary School * Long Lots Elementary School


Private schools

Greens Farms Academy, located in the 1920s Vanderbilt estate overlooking
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, is a K–12 private preparatory school located in the Greens Farms section of town.


Media

Westport's first newspaper dates back to the printing and publication of the first issue of ''The Saugatuck Journal'' on December 26, 1828. Westport is served by both English-language newspapers and news websites including ''Westport News'' and ''WestportNow''. The town is also home to a monthly magazine ''Westport,'' and the blog, ''06880''.


Infrastructure


Transportation

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, the Merritt Parkway, and U.S. 1, as well as the Saugatuck River, run through Westport. Westport has two train stations, Green's Farms and Westport on the
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's
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, which serves Stamford and
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in New York City or New Haven-Union Station. This line is shared with
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trains as it is part of the
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, but no Amtrak services stop at Green's Farms or Westport. The nearest Amtrak stations are at Bridgeport (10 miles) and Stamford (12 miles). As of 2019, Westport has the highest per capita electric vehicle ownership among municipalities in Connecticut, and #3 overall.


"Main to Train" study

A recent initiative by residents of the Town of Westport, Connecticut, culminating in a 2019 report. It is part of a greater interest to improve pedestrian and cyclist options from the major places of interest in town: downtown Westport to the Westport Train Station. This approximate two-mile stretch of road is most directly accessible via Post Road East ( U.S. Route 1) to Riverside Avenue. The third iteration of the study will more specifically address ways in which this path can be improved for people not traveling by car; the first report considered the conditional state of the path and the second analyzed traffic conditions. The Norwalk Transit District offers transit options.


Police department

As of 2020, the Westport Police Department has a full-time complement of 64 sworn police officers that serve the Town of Westport. This department has purchased electric and hybrid fleets.


Fire department

The town of Westport is protected by the paid, full-time firefighters of the Westport Fire Department. Established in 1929, the Westport Fire Department currently operates out of four fire stations, located throughout the town, and maintains a fire apparatus fleet of six engines, (four first line and two reserve) one truck, one rescue, one fireboat, one High Water Unit, one utility unit and one Shift Commander's unit. The fire department also holds the Fairfield County Hazardous Materials Truck, housed at Westport Fire Headquarters. The Westport Fire Department responds to, on average, approximately 4,000 emergency calls annually.


Notable people

Among the many actors, singers and other entertainers who have lived in town is
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who resided in Westport from 1960 until his death in 2008. His wife, Joanne Woodward, still resides in town. Fala (1940–1952), President
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's dog, was an early Christmas gift from Mrs. Augustus G. Kellogg, a town resident. Actress Grace Carney moved to Westport in 1979, when she became president of United Tool and Die, a company started by her father. She died in the city in 2009. Actress
Gene Tierney Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920November 6, 1991) was an American stage and film actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, Tierney was a prominent Leading actor, leading lady during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. Sh ...
grew up in Greens Farms. Adult film star Marilyn Chambers grew up in Westport under her given name Marilyn Briggs.
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also lived in Westport at her historic estate of Turkey Hill. Jean Donovan, a lay
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missioner martyred in El Salvador in 1980 grew up in Westport and graduated from Staples High School. She is honored on the litany of saints by the Lutheran World Federation and by The Anglican Communion. Academy Award winner Sandy Dennis lived in Westport until her death in 1992. Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb is a resident of Westport. Former FBI director,
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, was a long-time resident of the town. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald also lived in Westport around 1920.


In popular culture

* In the television series ''
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'',
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is a native of Westport * Westport was the location of the fictional residence (1164 Morning Glory Circle) of Darrin and Samantha Stephens on the television series '' Bewitched'' * In the sixth and final season of ''
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'', the Ricardos and Mertzes leave New York and move to Westport * ''
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'' had one episode called " A Stop at Willoughby", wherein the main character worked in NYC and commuted by train to his home in Westport. It aired on May 6, 1960, and the episode was written by then-Westport resident
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* The 1955 film '' The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' includes a scene where
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meets
Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 12th-greatest male ...
at the Westport station * '' The Swimmer'' (1968), a film starring Burt Lancaster, is based on a short story by John Cheever. Most of the film was shot in backyard pool locations in Westport * '' The Stepford Wives'' (1975) was filmed in various Westport locations and used a colonial house in the Williamsburg district as the home of the main characters *
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's ''
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'' (1997) features an ad executive named Charlie Wainwright who in 1961 lives in Westport *The 1998 production '' This Is My Father'' was partly filmed in Westport *The 2004 film '' The Girl Next Door'' was vaguely based on Westport – director
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grew up in town. It was filmed and set in California. That same decade parts of the 2008 production of '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' were filmed in Westport * '' American Housewife'' primarily takes place in Westport * Robert Lawson's children's novel '' Rabbit Hill'' depicts a colony of anthropomorphic rabbits living in the countryside near Westport * In '' The Last Olympian,'' the final novel of the ''
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'' series by
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, the titular character, Percy Jackson, travels to Westport to visit antagonist Luke Castellan's childhood home *'' The Land of Steady Habits'' is set in Westport


Sister cities

, Westport has four
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: * Lyman, Ukraine * Marigny-le-Lozon, France *
Yangzhou Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou, Jiangsu, ...
,
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, China * St. Petersburg, Russia


References


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