Mill Plain, Connecticut | |
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Coordinates: 41°23′42.34″N 73°30′56.45″W / 41.3950944°N 73.5156806°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
U.S. state | Connecticut |
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.
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]
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)[11]