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Bridgeport is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in upstate New York, United States, located partly in the town of Sullivan in Madison County, and partly in the town of Cicero in Onondaga County. The population was 1,389 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,490 in 2010.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,490 to 1,389 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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History of Bridgeport and vicinity1917 · page 543Read the page →
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just and considerate employer. For a number of years in addition to conducting his monument business Mr. Keane engaged in general construction work and during that time erected many important buildings, including the Young Men's Cliristian Association at Bridgeport. t)ie Protestant Widows Home at Bridgeport, tlie Protestant Orphan Asylum in Brid-. |i.irt the Presbyterian church at Fairfield, the First Baptist church at Bridgeport, a dupli :it. .if this structure at Yonkers, New Y'ork, a church at W'est Haven, the high scliuul in liaiibiiry. the Gromer school in New Haven, a number of schoolhouses in Bridgeport, a library in Westerly, Rhode Island, and the Hopkins grammar school building in
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History of Bridgeport and vicinity1917 · page 214Read the page →
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Henry E. Shannon is the only member of the family now living. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Bridgeport and then entered the newspaper field, becoming a reporter in 1888 on the Bridgeport Farmer. After acting In that capacity for three years he spent one year as night editor of the Bridgeport Morning News and from 1892 until 1895 he was court reporter for the Bridgeport Standard. In the latter year he became city editor of the Standard and continued as such for five years. Two years before terminating his connection with that paper he was reading law and this enabled him to successfully pass the first and second year examinations at the law school and enroll as a
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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 →
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