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Stepney, also referred to as Stepney Village and Upper Stepney, is a district of the town of Monroe, Connecticut, United States and is on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places. As of the 2020 census, Stepney had a population of 4,280. Consisting of approximately 8 square miles (21 km2), Stepney extends from the Trumbull town line, along Route 25, to the Newtown town line. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census. First settled circa 1720, Stepney was originally a productive farming community made up of transplants from settlements to the south such as Fairfield and Stratford. In the early 19th century, Stepney became a transportation hub for travelers …
Its first post office opened in 1822.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Stepney in 1901
Passages that mention Stepney, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History and genealogy of the Mead family of Fairfield county, Connecticut, eastern New York, western Vermont, and western Pennsylvania from A.D. 1180 to 19001901 · page 5Read the page →
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He was a most sterling and eminent man, of strong concentrative powers of mind, and an independent thinker. He went in 1658 to Holland, returned in 1674, built a church in Stepney, and died there October 16, 1699. His son. Dr. Richard Mead, was born at Stepney, August 1 1, 1673. He received his early education in Rome, under his father, and a private tutor, Mr. John Nesbit. In 1688 he was placed under the care of Mr. Thomas Singleton, and in the
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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 (3) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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