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Stamford é uma cidade localizada no estado americano de Connecticut, no Condado de Fairfield. Foi fundada em 1641 e incorporada em 1893. Com mais de 135 mil habitantes, de acordo com o censo nacional de 2020, [2] é a segunda cidade mais populosa do estado, depois de Bridgeport, e a 207ª mais populosa do país.
It is the sixth- most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. [4]
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Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Siwanoy Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European settlers to the area also referred to it that way.[citation needed] On July 1, 1640, Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony signed an agreement to purchase the land comprising present-day Stamford, Darien, western New Canaan, and Pou...
Starting in 1825, Stamford was served by steamboat service to New York by the Stamford Steamboat Company. The service ran three times a week, and carried local produceand about 500 passengers. The densely settled portion of Stamford incorporated as a borough in 1830.[citation needed] In 1838, William Betts founded Betts Academy, a private all-boysa...
On Memorial Day, 1901, a cannon from the USS Kearsarge was placed in West Park (now Columbus Park) as a memorial to Civil War veterans. Cast at West Point in 1827, the cannon had also been used on the USS Lancaster. The artillery piece sat in the park until 1942 when it was hauled away for scrap. In 1904, the Town Hall burnt down. A new building in...
On September 11, 2001, nine city residents lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, all at the World Trade Center: Alexander Braginsky, 38; Stephen Patrick Cherry, 41; Geoffrey W. Cloud, 36; John Fiorito, 40; Bennett Lawson Fisher, 58; Paul R. Hughes, 38; Sean Rooney, 50 (whose widow, Beverly Eckert, became a leading 9/11 family activist); Randolph Sc...
Massee School for Boys, about 1921Rippowam River, about 1905Atlantic Square, ca. 1908Agudath Shalom Synagogue—29 Grove St. (added June 11, 1995)Benjamin Hait House—92 Hoyclo Road (added December 30, 1978)C. J. Starr Barn and Carriage House—200 Strawberry Hill Ave. (added October 14, 1979)Church of the Holy Name—305 Washington Blvd. (added 1987)Stamford Historical Society links
1. Stamford Historical Society Web site 2. "Stamford Connecticut, 1641 - 1893: the first two-and-a-half centuries" by Estelle F. Feinstein Stamford Historical Society "Condensed History of Stamford" online articles: 1. "History of Stamford through the 18th Century" 2. "The 19th Century" 3. "Renovah Manor" 4. "Into the 20th Century" 5. "The Most Exciting Parts of Stamford's History"
www .stamfordct .gov. Stamford ( / ˈstæmfərd /) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, 135,470 people lived in Stamford. [2] It the third-largest city in the state (behind Bridgeport and New Haven ). It is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Manhattan .
Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It includes major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as other retail businesses, hotels, restaurants ...
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport.
In 1990, planning began for a new UConn Stamford Campus in the heart of downtown Stamford. One of the first UConn 2000 building projects, the new campus opened in 1998, offering a variety of academic programs including undergraduate and graduate degrees.
