Georgetown is a village and census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is located at the point where the towns of Wilton, Redding, and Weston meet. The central portion of the village is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, the Georgetown Historic District. The village and its surrounding area was also defined as a census-designated place (CDP) in the 2000 U.S. Census. At that time, the population of the CDP was 1,650.
Georgetown is located at the southwest corner of the town of Redding, the northwest corner of the town of Weston, and the northeast corner of the town of Wilton. Georgetown residents officially live in and pay local taxes to one of these three towns, but typically identify themselves as living in Georgetown. Georgetown has its own fire district, which also serves the surrounding rural areas not traditionally included in Georgetown, and its own ZIP code (06829).
History
The central portion of Georgetown was listed as a historic district on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The historic district consists of the Gilbert and Bennett manufacturing plant, institutional housing built for the plant workers, and other private homes.
Geography
Map of the Georgetown CDP
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.85 square miles (7.4 km2), of which, 2.84 square miles (7.4 km2) of it is land and 0.02 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.70%) is water. Of the total area of the CDP, 2.36 square miles are in Wilton, 0.33 square miles in Redding, and 0.16 square miles in Weston.
Demographics
Georgetown on Clark's map of Fairfield County, published in 1856
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,650 people, 572 households, and 455 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 581.8 people per square mile (224.3/km2). There were 597 housing units at an average density of 210.5 per square mile (81.2/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.62% White, 1.33% African American, 0.24% Native American, 3.39% Asian, 0.48% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.39% of the population.
There were 572 households out of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.0% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 30.4% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $103,424, and the median income for a family was $110,081. Males had a median income of $81,538 versus $59,531 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $55,029. About 2.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Movies filmed in Georgetown
Source: Internet Movie DataBase Web site's page for Georgetown, Connecticut accessed on July 3, 2006
Pictures
Gilbert & Bennett factory, 1909
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Georgetown train station, sometime before 1919
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References
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
External links
Coordinates: 41°15′20″N 73°26′05″W / 41.25556°N 73.43472°W / 41.25556; -73.43472
