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Place Name
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Danbury
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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65,585 (1990)
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Location
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Fairfield County, Connecticut (CT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°23'N
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Longitude
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73°28'W
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Danbury
, city (1990 pop. 65,585), Fairfield co., SW Conn.;
41°23'N 73°28'W. Settled 1685, inc. as a city 1889. Mfg. in this
growing residential city includes electronic equipment, plastics,
fabricated metal prods., machinery, electronic equip., printing and
publishing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, furniture. Once the country's
leading hat center dating from 1780, the industry is now gone. Danbury
is a commuting area of New York City. An early military depot, Danbury
was the object of Gen. William Tryon's 1777 raid, repulsed but
resulting in destruction of the settlement and the death of David
Wooster; Wooster is buried in Wooster Cemetery. The famous Danbury
Hatters' Case (1902) resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling (1908)
prohibiting boycotts by labor unions. In the city are Western
Connecticut State Univ. and a Federal prison. Of note are the David
Taylor House (1750) and the Dodd House (1770), both included in the
Scott-Fanton Mus. The city was known for its annual state fairs that
were held since the 1800s; however, these ended in 1981.
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