Mill Plain, Danbury, Connecticut
Mill Plain is an unincorporated area in the City of Danbury, Connecticut, United States.[1] It is located in the westernmost part of the city, bordering the town of Southeast, New York.
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| Coordinates: 41°23′42.34″N 73°30′56.45″W / 41.3950944°N 73.5156806°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| U.S. state |  Connecticut |
| County | Fairfield |
| Region | Western CT |
| City | Danbury |
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History
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Defined as a village in the western part of Danbury,[2] Mill Plain has also historically been considered a semi-autonomous hamlet.[3] The first home in the area was built around 1720 by Nathaniel Stevens.[4][5] By 1725 Samuel Castle had built his second grist mill, located in this section of town, which gave rise to the name Mill Plain.[6] An early mention of Mill Plain is found in a 1769 deed for 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land near a stream "that runs into ye Mill Plain Pond," which is the original name for Lake Kenosia. The area belonged to the town of Ridgefield at that time.[7]
In 1865, resident Henry M. Senior opened a general store and post office. Five years later, Senior built a hat manufacturing shop in the area, which operated until 1892.[8] Mill Plain station, was built in 1881, and closed in 1928 after being acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.[9] The post office was operated by the Senior family until the 1940s.[10]
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Parks and recreation
edit- Richter Park
- Farrington Woods
- Lake Kenosia Park
Notable people
editMarian Anderson (1897-1993)[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mill Plain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1894). A Geographic Dictionary of Connecticut (PDF). United States Geological Survey (Report). Vol. 117. p. 40. doi:10.3133/b117. hdl:2346/64184. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Devlin, William E. (2013). Danbury's Third Century: From Urban Status to Tri-Centennial.
- ^ Bailey, James M. (1896). History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896.
- ^ Stevens, Frederick (1891). Genealogy of the Stevens family, from 1635 to 1891.
- ^ Devlin, William (1984). We Crown Them All: An Illustrated History of Danbury. Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-89781-092-9.
- ^ Sanders, Jack (August 30, 2021). "The Ridgefield Encyclopedia" (PDF). Ridgefieldlibrary.org. Ridgefield Library. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Beers, J. H. (1899). Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- ^ Danbury Railway Museum. "Mill Plain station". Danburyrail.org. Danbury Railway Museum. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "Mill Plain Post Office May Be Discontinued, No One Wants Job". Hartford Courant. Associated Press. January 20, 1940. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Marian Anderson History". Western Connecticut State University. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
