17 Facts About Danbury Connecticut

Danbury Connecticut is nicknamed the "Hat City" because it was the center of the American hat industry for a period in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Danbury Connecticut area was then called Pahquioque by its namesake, the Algonquian-speaking Pahquioque Native Americans, who occupied lands along the Still River.

One of the original settlers in Danbury Connecticut was Samuel Benedict, who bought land from the Paquioque in 1685, along with his brother James Benedict, James Beebe, and Judah Gregory.

In 1835, the Danbury Connecticut Legislature granted a rail charter to the Fairfield County Railroad, but construction was delayed because of lack of investment.

In 1852, the first railroad line in Danbury Connecticut opened, with two trains making the 75-minute trip to Norwalk.

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One in six inmates in the United States' federal prisons was a conscientious objector, and prisons like Danbury Connecticut found themselves suddenly filled with large numbers of highly educated men skilled in social activism.

When ZIP codes were introduced in 1963, the 06810 code was given to all of Danbury Connecticut; it was shared with a then-still-rural New Fairfield to its north.

Danbury Connecticut has six state representatives as of 2021; Raghib Allie-Brennan D-2, Stephen Harding R-107, Patrick Callahan R-108, David Arconti D-109, Bob Godfrey D-110 and Kenneth Gucker D-138.

Danbury Connecticut has 3 public middle schools for grades 6 through 8: Broadview Middle School, Rogers Park Middle School and WestSide Middle School Academy.

Danbury Connecticut is the site of a low-security men's and women's prison, the Danbury Connecticut Federal Correctional Institution, located near the border with New Fairfield.

Danbury Connecticut is home to numerous churches, two synagogues, and two mosques.

Danbury Connecticut is in the New York City TV market and receives its TV stations.

Danbury Connecticut is the terminus of the Danbury Connecticut branch line of the MTA Metro-North Railroad which begins in Norwalk.

Danbury Connecticut is within reasonable distance of 11 airports: four general aviation, two regional, five international.

The Danbury Connecticut Trashers played their first season at the Danbury Connecticut Ice Arena in October 2004.

Western Danbury Connecticut State University is a member of the NCAA Division III, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the Little East Conference.

Western Danbury Connecticut Militia is a semi-professional football team that played in the New England Football League from 2011 to 2016, winning the league championship the last year.