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History · Mamanasco Lake

14% of Mamanasco Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

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What stands out about Mamanasco Lake’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mamanasco Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18927 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1998. Watch Mamanasco Lake change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mamanasco Lake’s history is told.

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On the map

Mamanasco Lake on the map, 1892 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mamanasco Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mamanasco Lake on the 1892 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1928 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1945 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1958 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1970 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1984 USGS mapMamanasco Lake on the 1998 USGS map1892Carmel sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mamanasco Lake.

The story so far

Mamanasco Lake, in brief

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

Mamanasco Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is northwest of the center of Ridgefield and surrounds a lake of the same name. As of the 2020 census, Mamanasco Lake had a population of 509. Mamanasco Lake was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Mamanasco Lake

Nobody well known was born in Mamanasco Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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P. T. BarnumAmerican showman and politician · b. 1810
Charles IvesAmerican modernist composer · b. 1874
Hope LangeAmerican actress · b. 1933
Jonathan BrandisAmerican actor · b. 1976
Fanny Crosby19th century Christian hymnist · b. 1820
Lindsey JacobellisAmerican snowboarder · b. 1985

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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 →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.