Norwalk

Norwalk is a U.S. Metropolis placed in southwestern Connecticut, in southern Fairfield County, at the northern shore of Long Island Sound. Norwalk is included statistically inside both the New York metropolitan area as well as the Bridgeport metropolitan area. Norwalk became settled in 1649, and is now the sixth maximum populous metropolis in Connecticut. According to the 2010 United States Census the city had a population of 85,603; with an envisioned populace of 88,438 in 2016. Norwalk changed into settled in 1649, included September 1651, and named after the Algonquin word noyank, that means "factor of land", or greater likely from the local American name "Naramauke."

The Battle of Norwalk happened at some stage in the Revolutionary War. This conflict resulted inside the burning of maximum of the town. In 1836, the borough of Norwalk became created, protecting the vital location of the town. In 1853, the first ever train disaster in the United States passed off over the Norwalk River. During the 19th and early 20th century, Norwalk changed into a chief railroad prevent for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. The metropolis of South Norwalk and the ultimate elements of the town of Norwalk have been both combined in 1910 to form the current metropolis.