Darien. Darien is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just under 13 square miles, it is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
It has a high rate of marriage, and high average number of children per household. Situated on the Long Island Sound, between the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, the town of Darien is a bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as many residents commute to New York via Metro-North.
There are two railroad stations in Darien, Noroton Heights and Darien, linking the town to Grand Central Terminal. There are eleven parks, public beaches, and the Noroton Yacht Club.mw-parser-output.hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output.hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output.hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0.mw-parser-output.hatnote{display:none!important}} Main article: History of Darien, Connecticut According to early records, the first clearings of land were made by men from the New Haven and Wethersfield colonies and from Norwalk in about 1641.
It was not until 1739, however, that the Middlesex Society of the Town of Stamford built the first community church, now the First Congregational Church of Dari
With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just under 13 square miles, it is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
It has a high rate of marriage, and high average number of children per household. Situated on the Long Island Sound, between the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, the town of Darien is a bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as many residents commute to New York via Metro-North.
There are two railroad stations in Darien, Noroton Heights and Darien, linking the town to Grand Central Terminal. There are eleven parks, public beaches, and the Noroton Yacht Club.mw-parser-output.hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output.hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output.hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0.mw-parser-output.hatnote{display:none!important}} Main article: History of Darien, Connecticut According to early records, the first clearings of land were made by men from the New Haven and Wethersfield colonies and from Norwalk in about 1641.
It was not until 1739, however, that the Middlesex Society of the Town of Stamford built the first community church, now the First Congregational Church of Dari
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