Tuesday, November 19, 2013

About Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford CT was settled by the Puritans 1642. Captain John Underhill settled in Stamford and represented the town in the New Haven Colony General Court. Stamford was included in the creation of a New Haven confederation called the United Colonies of New England. The first schoolhouse in Stamford was a unheated wooden structure only ten by twelve feet square, built in 1671. The main industries of Stamford we originally trade by water with to New York City. Beginning in the late 19th century, New York residents began to build summer homes on the Long Island Sound shoreline. The more densely settled portions of Stamford were incorporated in 1830.
Today Stamford, Connecticut according to the 2010 census has a population of 122,643. Stamford is the third largest city in Connecticut and the seventh largest city in New England. Today Stamford is home to four of the Fortune 500 Companies, this gives Stamford the largest financial district outside of New York City.

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