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History · Noroton

Noroton’s post office opened in 1872, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1872first post office
1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Noroton began

When was Noroton founded?

1872

The Noroton post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5,317154 years
Founding year: the first Noroton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Noroton’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 Noroton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Noroton’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Noroton’s history is told.

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The story so far

Noroton, in brief

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

Noroton is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It occupies the southwestern part of Darien, from the Metro-North Railroad in the north to Long Island Sound in the south. The southern half of the community occupies Noroton Neck, between Holly Pond to the west and the Goodwives River to the east. It is bordered to the west by the city of Stamford and to the east by the Tokeneke neighborhood of Darien. To the north is Noroton Heights. As of the 2020 census, Noroton had a population of 5,317. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1872.

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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Noroton

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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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.

TokenekeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDarien4 historic placesA−Stamford33 historic placesADarien Downtown1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoroton Heights1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Noroton’s history

What year was Noroton founded?

The Noroton post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →