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History · Old Hill

26% of Old Hill’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register.

2on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Old Hill’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 Old Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Old Hill’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Old Hill’s history is told.

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The story so far

Old Hill, in brief

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

Old Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Old Hill had a population of 2,676. It is in the western part of the town and is bordered to the west by the city of Norwalk. Old Hill was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

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No old photos in the archives yet

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

2 listings protect 107 historic buildings

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
107
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.

Westport Village8 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestport18 historic placesANorwalk25 historic placesASaugatuck3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPoplar PlainsIts storynot 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 →