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History · Georgetown

Georgetown’s post office opened in 1852, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is . Below: 4 old photos and papers from 1856 on.

1852first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Georgetown’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Georgetown began

When was Georgetown founded?

1852

The Georgetown post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,832174 years
Founding year: the first Georgetown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Georgetown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Georgetown’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Georgetown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewGeorgetown, Fairfield County, Connectic…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Georgetown, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Georgetown yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Georgetown is a census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is located in the area where the towns of Wilton, Redding and Weston meet. Prior to a 1950 vote, Branchville, a neighborhood in the town of Ridgefield, was also included as part of Georgetown; some Branchville residents still share the Georgetown 544 area code. Georgetown and its surrounding area are also defined as the Georgetown census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 1,832. Georgetown is located at the southwest corner of the town of Redding, the northwest corner of the town of Weston, and the northeast corner of the town of Wilton. Georgetown residents …

Its first post office opened in 1852. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,805 in 2010, 1,832 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Georgetown, 1856 to 1914

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856In the archiveGeorgetown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Clark 1856
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909In the archivePostcardGeorgetownCTGilbertAndBennettMfg1909
  5. 1914In the archiveGeorgetown (CT) station 1914 postcard
By decade

Georgetown, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
Georgetown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Clark 18561856Georgetown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Clark 1856
1900s–1910s3 items
PostcardGeorgetownCTGilbertAndBennettMfg1909c. 1909PostcardGeorgetownCTGilbertAndBennettMfg1909PostcardGeorgetown (CT) station 1914 postcardc. 1914Georgetown (CT) station 1914 postcardPostcardGeorgetownCTRRStation19191919GeorgetownCTRRStation1919Postcard
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Danbury Branch crossing the Norwalk River 0082012Danbury Branch crossing the Norwalk River 008US-CT-Georgetown2005US-CT-Georgetown
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Georgetown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Clark 1856
Retake this viewGeorgetown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Clark 1856, 1856

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Georgetown’s page.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 120 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
120
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wilton6 historic placesB+Ridgefield13 historic placesABranchville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWeston4 historic placesB+

Questions about Georgetown’s history

What year was Georgetown founded?

The Georgetown post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.