Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1 856

To find your town, click on the name in the list below BETHEL HUNTINGTON SHERMAN BRIDGEPORT MONROE STAMFORD BROOKFIELD NEW CANAAN STRATFORD DANBURY NEW FAIRFIELD TRUMBULL DARIEN NEWTOWN WESTON EASTON NORWALK WESTPORT FAIRFIELD REDDING WILTON GREENWICH RIDGEFIELD

A complete copy of the 1856 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools.

Edition of January 2011 © Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 Modern Town Outline Map

The original map is a large wall map measuring 62” x 54”. The wall map has been “taken apart” for this edition by dividing it into separate images, thus making it easy to use this map for the first time.

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 An Historical Sketch of The Map

The 1856 Map of Fairfield County is an important historical document. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school in the county. It was

the first such map for most of these towns. Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance orders for the This map is one of several Connecticut county maps new map could be taken. A typical mid-1850s price created in the mid 1800s - a period of extraordinary was five dollars per copy. Prominent citizens allowed map-making in America. The publisher of this map, their names to be used in the map’s advertisements, Richard Clark, was accomplished mapmaker who was testifying to the merits of the map, and no doubt associated with several other New England maps. assuring it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of prominent citizens were added for a fee. Few details of this map’s origins are known, but we

do know the general methods used for these projects. The map was printed on four separate sheets which Roads were measured with a wheel odometer, were assembled and glued together onto a cloth similar to the wheelbarrow-like device pictured backing. Each copy was then hand-colored in several here, or one drawn by horse and buggy. The sur- different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden veyor would ask the names of farmstead owners as rollers. he passed by, and would surely add a brief sales pitch for the new map... after all, the map would carry the name of the resident, engraved upon it. ABBREVIATIONS

The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were the most comprehensive yet made. This map served as the basis of mapping for decades afterwards.

Note on Map Size This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as a 14” x 17” booklet. The formatting and sizes of some maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if pos- sible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales.

Title Page NEWTON Modern Town Outline Map Newtown 1856 Map of Fairfield County Sandyhook An Historical Sketch of The Map Residence of Z. Fairman NORWALK BETHEL Norwalk Borough Bethel South Norwalk BRIDGEPORT Episcopal Church & Parsonage Bridgeport Residence of F.M. Ray Court House REDDING BROOKFIELD Georgetown Brookfield Village RIDGEFIELD Irons Works Brookfield Ridgefield DANBURY SHERMAN Danbury Sherman Village DARIEN STAMFORD EASTON Stamford FAIRFIELD Residence of John B. Knapp Fairfield STRATFORD Southport Stratford Black Rock TRUMBULL St. Pauls Church WESTON GREENWICH WESTPORT Greenwich Westport East Portchester Residence of Richard W. Winslow Esqr. Mianus Residence of A.S. Hamersley Esqr. Cos. Cob WILTON Residence of Cap. W.L. Lyon HUNTINGTON Population & Town Values MONROE Additional Pictographs NEW CANAAN New Canaan Residence of G. Keeler, Golden Hill NEW FAIRFIELD Golden Hill Institute, G.B. Days Boarding School New Fairfield Village Iran Istan

Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters. Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 BETHEL

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 BRIDGEPORT

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 Court House, Bridgeport

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 11 Brookfield

Iron Works Brookfield

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 13 Danbury

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 1 5 EASTON

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 17 Fairfield

Southport

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 19 St. Pauls Church, Fairfield

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 21 Greenwich

East Portchester

Cos. Cob

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 23 Residence of Cap. W.L. Lyon, Greenwich

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 2 5 MONROE

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 27 New Canaan

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 29 New Fairfield

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 31 Newtown

Residence of Z. Fairman, Newtown

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 33 NORWALK

South Norwalk

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 3 5 Episcopal Church & Parsonage, Norwalk

Residence of F.M. Ray, South Norwalk

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 37 Georgetown

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 39 Ridgefield

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 41 Sherman Village

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 43 Stamford

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 4 5 STRATFORD

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 47 TRUMBULL

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 49 WESTPORT

Residence of Richard W. Winslow Esqr., Westport

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 5 1 Residence of A.S. Hamersley Esqr. Westport

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 5 3 Population, & Town Values

Residence of G. Keeler, Golden Hill

Golden Hill Institute, G.B. Days Boarding School

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 55 Iran Istan

Map of Fairfield County, Connecticut 1856 5 7