Mill Plain, Danbury, Connecticut

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Mill Plain, Connecticut
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Mill Plain
Location in Connecticut
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Mill Plain
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°23′42.34″N73°30′56.45″W / 41.3950944°N 73.5156806°W / 41.3950944; -73.5156806 [1]
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County Fairfield
Region Western CT
City Danbury
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Mill Plain is an unincorporated area in the City of Danbury, Connecticut, United States. [1] It is located in the westernmost part of the city, bordering the town of Southeast, New York.

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History

Town of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. (inset) Mill Plain. (1867) Danbury-1867-map.png
Town of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. (inset) Mill Plain. (1867)

Defined as a village in the western part of Danbury, [2] Mill Plain has also historically been considered a semi-autonomous hamlet. [3] The first home in the area was built around 1720 by Nathaniel Stevens. [4] [5] By 1725 Samuel Castle had built his second grist mill, located in this section of town, which gave rise to the name Mill Plain. [6] An early mention of Mill Plain is found in a 1769 deed for 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land near a stream "that runs into ye Mill Plain Pond," which is the original name for Lake Kenosia. The area belonged to the town of Ridgefield at that time. [7]

In 1865, resident Henry M. Senior opened a general store and post office. Five years later, Senior built a hat manufacturing shop in the area, which operated until 1892. [8] Mill Plain station, was built in 1881, and closed in 1928 after being acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. [9] The post office was operated by the Senior family until the 1940s. [10]


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Old Mill Plain (1910)
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1940 Census - District Map
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Mill Plain School House, Danbury, Conn. (1909)
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Mill Plain Railroad Station (1916)

Parks and recreation

Notable person

Marian Anderson (1897-1993) [11] , contralto

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References

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  11. "Marian Anderson History". Western Connecticut State University. Retrieved February 17, 2022.