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15% of Indian Field’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Indian Field’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Indian Field are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Indian Field, in brief

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

Indian Field is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southern part of the town, on a peninsula between Indian Harbor to the west and Cos Cob Harbor to the east. It extends south into Captain Harbor, an inlet of Long Island Sound, and it extends north as far as U.S. Route 1 (East Putnam Avenue). Interstate 95 crosses the CDP, with access from Exit 4 (Indian Field Road). As of the 2020 census, Indian Field had a population of 705. Indian Field was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Indian Field

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Indian Field

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Mark ZuckerbergAmerican Internet entrepreneur · b. 1984
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Jason BatemanAmerican actor · b. 1969
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Glenn CloseAmerican actress · b. 1947
Thomas PynchonAmerican novelist · b. 1937
George E. SmithNobel prize winning American physicist · b. 1930
Joseph CampbellAmerican mythologist, writer and lecturer · b. 1904
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Riverside3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCos Cob4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 →