Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, about five miles southwest of Bridgeport on the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 57,340.

History

In 1639 soon after the Pequot War, Roger Ludlow, a founder of the colony of Connecticut, led a small group of men and a herd of cattle to a place known to the local Paugussett Indians as Unquowa. They established a settlement that was named for the acres of salt marsh that bordered the mainland shore across from Long Island. It is the namesake of Fairfield, California.

Related Topics:
1639 - Pequot War - Roger Ludlow - Connecticut - Paugussett Indian - Salt marsh - Long Island - Fairfield, California

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