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History · Taylor Corners

Half of Taylor Corners’ homes were built after 1976

Most of Taylor Corners was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Taylor Corners’ 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 Taylor Corners are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1984. Watch Taylor Corners change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylor Corners’s history is told.

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On the map

Taylor Corners on the map, 1892 to 1984

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

Taylor Corners on the 1892 USGS mapTaylor Corners on the 1928 USGS mapTaylor Corners on the 1943 USGS mapTaylor Corners on the 1958 USGS mapTaylor Corners on the 1970 USGS mapTaylor Corners on the 1984 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 Taylor Corners.

The story so far

Taylor Corners, in brief

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

Taylor Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southwestern corner of the town, bordered to the south by the city of Danbury, to the north by Ball Pond, and to the west by the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York. Taylor Corners was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Taylor Corners had a population of 645.

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 Taylor Corners

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

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Charles IvesAmerican modernist composer · b. 1874
Jonathan BrandisAmerican actor · b. 1976
Fanny Crosby19th century Christian hymnist · b. 1820
Lindsey JacobellisAmerican snowboarder · b. 1985
Jenna von OyAmerican actress · b. 1977
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Steven NovellaAmerican neurologist, skepticist · b. 1964
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

New Fairfield2 historic placesB+Danbury12 historic placesA−Ball PondIts 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 →

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.