Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city located in Western Connecticut, United States, in southern Fairfield County, on the northern shore of the Long Island Sound. Norwalk lies within both the New York metropolitan area and the Bridgeport metropolitan area.[4]
Norwalk
United States
February 26, 1640
September 11, 1651
June 6, 1913
Roger Ludlow and Daniel Patrick[1]
36.37 sq mi (94.20 km2)
22.89 sq mi (59.28 km2)
13.49 sq mi (34.93 km2)
43 ft (13 m)
91,184
3,983.574/sq mi (1,538.192/km2)
UTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time (EST))
UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT))
Norwalk was originally settled in 1649, and is the sixth-most populous city in Connecticut. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 91,184.[5]
Sports[edit]
Baseball and softball are popular amateur sports with active leagues across many age groups in Norwalk. Four baseball fields and 16 Little League fields are in the city. Several of the fields, including Calf Pasture Beach, are illuminated for nighttime play. The fields at the Norwalk Little League team won the Little League World Series in 1952.[62][63]
The 14-year-old Babe Ruth League team won the championship in 2008.[64]
In 2010, the 12-year-old Norwalk all-star team made it to the Cal Ripken League World Series and placed third in the country. In 2011, the Norwalk Senior American Legion baseball team won the Connecticut state championship. This had not been accomplished by any other Norwalk Legion team in the storied 83-year history. The team defeated Branford, Connecticut, in the championship game. The girls' Norwalk Pride fast-pitch softball team won the Connecticut state championship in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The Norwalk Biddy Basketball All-Star team Won the state and regional titles and then went on to the world championships in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1986 and placed seventh in the world.
Being a coastal city, Norwalk is home to a great many water sports, including competitive swimming, recreational boating and fishing, sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking. The Norwalk River and inner Norwalk Harbor host rowing events and organizations.[65]
Norwalk resident Daniel Walsh won a bronze medal in Beijing
with the U.S. Olympic rowing team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[66]
Three golf courses are in the city of Norwalk: Shorehaven Golf Club[67] is a private club in East Norwalk, the Silvermine Golf Club[68] is a private club in Silvermine (part of the course lies in the town of Wilton), and the Oak Hills Park golf course[69] is a public course in West Norwalk.
The cross-town rivalry between the city's two largest high schools, Norwalk High School and Brien McMahon High School, is fierce, particularly for the football, basketball, soccer, and field hockey teams in the fall, as well as lacrosse, baseball, and softball teams in the spring. Brien McMahon High School's football team won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference and Class M State Football championship in 1994. McMahon High School's boys' lacrosse team won the state division 2 lacrosse championship in 2000.
Norwalk was once the home of the Connecticut Wildcats, part of the American National Rugby League, from 2003 to 2015.
Norwalk is the home of Norwalk Havoc Robot League, a robot combat competition which happens six times a year.
Media[edit]
News sources in Norwalk include News 12 Connecticut, a regional news channel for southwestern Connecticut and based in Norwalk.[70] The Hour was an independent daily newspaper based in Norwalk and founded in 1871, which was purchased by Hearst Communications on April 12, 2016.[71] NancyonNorwalk.com is a self-published, nonprofit news site founded in 2010 that covers local issues.[72]
Transportation[edit]
Highways[edit]
Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway lead through Norwalk, with several exits within the Norwalk city limits, and are the major thoroughfare through the city. U.S. Route 1 goes through the center of the city, mostly following local streets. The major north–south corridor in Norwalk is U.S. Route 7, which is an expressway throughout most of the route in the city. The expressway section ends at Grist Mill Road in Norwalk from where Route 7 resumes northbound along Main Ave. Other state routes include Routes 53, 123, and 136.
Infrastructure[edit]
Utilities[edit]
Electric power and natural gas in most of Norwalk are provided by Eversource Energy.
