Town of Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut Quick Facts: Land area is approximately 48 Square miles and the elevation is 140 feet. Incorporated in 1640, Greenwich currently has about 59,484 residents in 22,300 households, 65% of which are owner occupied. Approximately 42.4% of the housing stock was built prior to 1950. The 2012-2013 Tax Rate begins at 10.389 mills. See the 2011-2012 property tax rates for Greenwich here.
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The town of Greenwich, Connecticut is another affluent town in Fairfield County and borders Long Island Sound as well as Westchester County in New York State. To give you an idea of size, Greenwich is approximately twice the size of Manhattan. The founder and Governor of Massachusetts’ Bay Colony had a daughter named Elizabeth Fones Winthrop who was one of the founders of Greenwich. It is named after Greenwich, England, and pronounced the same way (gren-itch) . In early town history, Greenwich Point was known as “Elizabeth’s neck” as she had purchased much of the area known now as Old Greenwich as well as the Point.
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The towns roots begin as Canaan Parish in 1731, which was considered a religious entity of Norwalk and Stamford, and not planned as a town. Even when New Canaan was incorporated in 1801, there was no main street or town hall. Initially an agricultural community, the town’s major industry evolved into shoemaking. Community enclaves within the town started popping up -Ponus Ridge, Oenoke Ridge, Talmadge Hill and Silvermine to name a few. Around 60 years ago, a number of teachers and students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design moved to New Canaan and helped shape the town’s residential architecture as we know it today. Called the Harvard 5- Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer create a unique ambience for the town. Check out the Philip Johnson Glass House – 798–856 Ponus Ridge Rd. It’s indicative of the time.
