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Greenwich es una ciudad del condado de Fairfield, en el estado de Connecticut, Estados Unidos. En el censo de 2020, Greenwich registró una población de 63.518 habitantes. Se trata de una de las ciudades más ricas del país. Es sede de muchas compañías de servicios financieros.
Greenwich (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ n ɪ tʃ / GREH-nitch) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 63,518. [2] Greenwich is a principal community of the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area , which comprises all of Fairfield County, and ...
- Colonial Times
- Travel Challenges in The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Revolutionary War: The Battle of Horse Neck
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- Greenwich Historical Society
- National Register of Historic Places
- Further Reading
- External Links
On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake, jointly purchased the land between the Asamuck and Tatomuck brooks, in the area now called as Old Greenwich, from Wiechquaesqueek Munsees living there for "twentie-five coates." Modern "Greenwich Point" was natively called Monakeywaygo. Elizabeth Feake renamed it "Elizabeth's Neck," and she constru...
The main route from Boston to New York, called "The Country Road," in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, went through Greenwich (later becoming U.S. Route 1), but it was a very rocky, hilly—even precipitous—route until improvements were made in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Many travelers recorded their experiences in diar...
During the Revolutionary War, General Israel Putnam made a daring escape from the British on February 26, 1779. Although British forces pillaged the town, Putnam was able to warn Stamford. The general's tricorn hat, with a bullet hole piercing its side, is displayed at "Putnam's cottage", the tavern belonging to Israel Knapp (at 243 East Putnam Ave...
The town grew after the construction of the New York and New Haven Railroadin 1849, linking it to New York City and eventually New Haven and beyond.
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the town had a resort industry with more than a dozen inns, including Ye Old Greenwich Inn, The Castle and The Crossways Inn in Old Greenwich, and The Maples Inn, The Lenox House and the Edgewood Inn in the central part of town. The Edgewood Inn, a 150-room hotel on 350 acres (1.4 km2) of former farm...
Originally, Greenwich Point (locally termed "Tod's Point"), which is on a peninsula and includes picnic areas, a beach and small marina, was open only to town residents and their guests. However, a lawyer, sued, saying his rights to freedom of assembly were threatened because he was not allowed to go there. The lower courts disagreed, but the Supre...
Founded in 1931, the historical society purchased Bush-Holley House in 1957, restored it and by 1958 the house opened to the public as a museum. In 1991 Bush-Holley House was granted National Historic Landmarkstatus. "In 1975 the town's first National Register and Local Historic District, the Strickland Road Historic District, was established throu...
GREENWICH IN GENERAL 1. Wolfe, Missy, Hidden History of Colonial Greenwich, Charleston, SC: The History Press (2018). 2. Wolfe, Missy, Insubordinate Spirit a True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1640-1665,Guilford, CT: Globe Peqout Press (2013). 3. Wolfe, Missy, "Always A Wayward daughter: The First Dutch Jurisdiction of Greenwich," Conn...
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had 63,518 people. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost town in Connecticut.
Greenwich es una ciudad del condado de Fairfield, en el estado de Connecticut, Estados Unidos. En el censo de 2020, Greenwich registró una población de 63.518 habitantes. Se trata de una de las ciudades más ricas del país.
Greenwich ( / ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ / GREH-nich) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. Greenwich is a principal community of the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which comprises all of Fairfield County, and is part of the Western ...
9 de mar. de 2024 · Greenwich, urban town (township), Fairfield county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S., on Long Island Sound. It was founded in 1640 by the New Haven colony agents Robert Feaks and Captain Daniel Patrick, who purchased land from the Siwanoy Indians for 25 English coats, and it was named for Greenwich,
