Byram, Connecticut

Byram
Census-designated place
Phebe Seaman House (1794), 170 Byram Road
Location in Fairfield County and the state of Connecticut.
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
County	Fairfield
City	Greenwich
Time zone	Eastern
Area code(s)	203

Byram is a neighborhood/section and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.^[1] It had a population of 4,146 at the 2010 census.^[2] It is separated from Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, by the Byram River. Byram was once known as East Port Chester.

History

The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.

Byram Fire Station, Greenwich Fire Station # 3

Byram Quarry, now closed, supplied stone for the Brooklyn Bridge, the base of the Statue of Liberty and St. Roch Church.^[3]

Culture

A scene from the movie The Good Shepherd was shot in Byram.

Places

Byram has three sites on the National Register of Historic Places:

Phebe Seaman House (1794), 170 Byram Road; built c. 1794
Thomas Lyon House — 1 Byram Road; built: c. 1695, listed: 1977
Byram School — Western Junior Highway; built: 1925, listed: 1990

Notes

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Byram, Connecticut
↑ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Byram CDP, Connecticut". U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
↑ Hagey, Keach, "No givebacks: Group rejects war memorial for school", The Advocate of Stamford, September 28, 2006, page A3; article from Greenwich Time daily newspaper

Greenwich, Connecticut

History

History	Gulliver's nightclub fire Mianus River Bridge collapse

Geography

Areas/Neighborhoods	Byram Cos Cob Fourth Ward Historic District Glenville Glenville Historic District Greenwich Avenue Historic District Mianus Old Greenwich Putnam Hill Historic District Round Hill Historic District Riverside Strickland Road Historic District

Islands	Calf Island Great Captain Island

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Greenwich Public Schools Greenwich High School The International School at Dundee Brunswick School Carmel Academy Convent of the Sacred Heart Eagle Hill School Greenwich Academy Greenwich Country Day School Japanese School of New York Stanwich School Whitby School

Other

NRHP listings	Bush-Holley House Byram School Cos Cob Metro-North station Cos Cob Power Station Samuel Ferris House Glenville School Great Captain Island Light Greenwich Town Hall Greenwich Y.M.C.A. Indian Harbor Yacht Club building Thomas Lyon House Mianus River Railroad Bridge The Nathaniel Witherell Methodist Episcopal Church New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill Old Greenwich Metro-North station Phebe Seaman House Putnam Cottage (Knapp Tavern) Riverside Avenue Bridge Rosemary Hall Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill United States Post Office Greenwich Main William E. Ward House Josiah Wilcox House

Transportation	Cos Cob Metro-North station Old Greenwich Metro-North station Riverside Metro-North station

Culture	Greenwich International Film Festival

Healthcare	Greenwich Hospital

This list is incomplete. Some areas with "Greenwich, Connecticut" postal addresses are in Banksville, New York. These areas are not in this template.

Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Cities	Bridgeport Danbury Norwalk Shelton Stamford

Towns	Bethel Brookfield Darien Easton Fairfield Greenwich Monroe New Canaan New Fairfield Newtown Redding Ridgefield Sherman Stratford Trumbull Weston Westport Wilton

Borough	Newtown

CDPs	Bethel Byram Cannondale Cos Cob Darien Georgetown Glenville Greenwich Old Greenwich Pemberwick Ridgefield Riverside Southport Stratford Trumbull Westport Wilton Center

Other communities	Aspetuck Botsford Black Rock Branchville Compo Cranbury East Norwalk Glenbrook Greenfield Hill Greens Farms Hattertown Hawleyville Huntington Center Long Hill Long Ridge Lordship Mianus Nichols Round Hill Rowayton Sandy Hook Silvermine South Norwalk Stepney Springdale Village Creek

Coordinates: 41°00′15″N 73°39′13″W / 41.00417°N 73.65361°W / 41.00417; -73.65361

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