Byram, Connecticut

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Byram, Connecticut
Phebe Seaman House (1790), Greenwich, Connecticut.jpg
Phebe Seaman House (1794), 170 Byram Road
Fairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Byram highlighted.svg
Location in Fairfield County and the state of Connecticut.
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
U.S. state Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut
County Fairfield
NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
Region Western CT
Town Greenwich
Area
  Total
0.861 sq mi (2.23 km2)
  Land0.798 sq mi (2.07 km2)
  Water0.063 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
4,146
  Density4,800/sq mi (1,900/km2)
Time zone Eastern
Area code(s) 203
FIPS code 09-10660
GNIS feature ID2631559

Byram is a neighborhood/section and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [1] It had a population of 4,146 at the 2010 census, [2] and a census-estimated population of 4,216 in 2018. [3] An endcap of Connecticut's Gold Coast, Byram is the southernmost point in the town of Greenwich and the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is separated from Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, by the Byram River. Byram was once known as East Port Chester.

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History

The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.

Byram Fire Station, Greenwich Fire Station # 3 Byram Fire Station cloudy jeh.jpg
Byram Fire Station, Greenwich Fire Station # 3

Byram Quarry, now closed, supplied stone for the Brooklyn Bridge, the base of the Statue of Liberty and St. Roch Church. [4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Byram has a total area of 0.861 square miles (2.23 km2), of which 0.798 square miles (2.07 km2) is land and 0.063 square miles (0.16 km2), or 7.32%, is water. [5]

Education

As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Bryam is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district. [6] The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.

Culture

A scene from the movie The Good Shepherd was shot in Byram. [7] [8]

Places

Byram has three sites on the National Register of Historic Places:

Library

Byram Shubert Library

Notes

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Byram, Connecticut
  2. "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Byram CDP, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  3. "ACS 2018 Demographic and Housing Estimates". data.census.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  4. Hagey, Keach, "No givebacks: Group rejects war memorial for school", The Advocate of Stamford, September 28, 2006, page A3; article from Greenwich Time daily newspaper
  5. "US Gazetteer files: 2019". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fairfield County, CT" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  7. ""The Good Shepherd" House in Greenwich, CT". Virtual Globetrotting. January 16, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  8. Lewis, Christina S.N. (January 16, 2009). "Christian Lacroix Offers Paris Apartment" . The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

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