Danbury | |
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| Nickname: The Hat City | |
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| Coordinates: 41°24′08″N 73°28′16″W / 41.40222°N 73.47111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| U.S. state | Connecticut |
| County | Fairfield |
| Region | Western CT |
| Incorporated (town) | 1702 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1889 |
| Consolidated | 1965 |
| Villages/Neighborhoods | Beaverbrook Beckettville Germantown Great Plain Hayestown Long Ridge King Street Lake Waubeeka Mill Plain Miry Brook Pembroke Wooster Heights |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Roberto Alves (D) |
| Area | |
• City | 44.19 sq mi (114.45 km2) |
| • Land | 41.95 sq mi (108.64 km2) |
| • Water | 2.24 sq mi (5.81 km2) |
| • Urban | 123.6 sq mi (320.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 397 ft (121 m) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• City | 86,518 |
| • Density | 2,062.4/sq mi (779.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Codes | 06810–06811, 06813 |
| Area code(s) | 203/475 |
| FIPS code | 09-18430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 206580 |
| Airport | Danbury Municipal Airport |
| Interstates |  |
| U.S. Highways |   |
| State Routes |    |
| Commuter rail |  |
| Website | www |
Danbury (/ˈdænbɛəri/ DAN-bair-ee) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut.[3] Located within the heart of the Housatonic Valley region, the city is a commercial hub of western Connecticut, an outer-ring commuter suburb of New York City, and an historic summer colony of the New York metropolitan area and New England.[4]
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City", because it was once the center of the American hat industry, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mineral danburite is named after Danbury, while the city itself is named for Danbury in Essex, England.[5]
Danbury is home to Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Fair Mall, and Danbury Municipal Airport.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "QuickFacts Danbury city, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ^ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Danbury city, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ Charles, Eleanor. "If You're Thinking of Living In / Danbury, Conn.; Bustling, but Studded With Lakes, Ponds", The New York Times, March 14, 1999. Accessed September 18, 2024.
- ^ Eno, Joel N. (1903). "The Nomenclature of Connecticut Towns". The Connecticut Magazine. Vol. 8, no. 11. p. 331. OCLC 1015837896. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2018.