Fairfield County Connecticut AHGP

Connecticut AHGP Information
Capital of Fairfield County

Fairfield, is a postal-village, port of entry, and semi-capital of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 58 south west Hartford, 21 south south west North Haven, 279 Washington. The surface is undulating, and the soil fertile and well cultivated. The village is principally built on one street, with a green or square in the centre, and has 1 Congregational church, a court house, jail, an academy, and about 100 dwellings. Black Rock harbor, 1 1/2 miles from the Court House, is, next to New London, one of the best harbors on the sound, having 19 feet water. There is a light-house on Fairweather Island. The parish of Greenfield contains a pleasant village, with a Congregational church and an academy, and a fine view of Long Island sound; and has been celebrated by Dr. Dwight, formerly its minister, in the fine poem of "Greenfield Hill." The main village of Fairfield was burned in 1779 by the British, under Governor Tryon, in the revolutionary war. It has 15 stores, capital $43,200; 2 lumber yards, capital $4,500; 2 tanneries, 4 grist mills, 2 saw mills. Capital in manufactures $53,400. 3 academies 104 students, 17 schools 488 scholars. Population 3,654.

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