Westport Town

Westport Town Hall is located at 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport, CT 06880; phone: 203-341-1000.

Beginnings [1,2]

The first settlement at Westport was in 1648 at a place called Bankside (later known as Greens Farms). The first settlers were Thomas Newton, Daniel Frost, Henry Gray, John Green, and Francis Andrews. During the Revolutionary Way, a lot of fighting took place here, resulting from General Tryon's raid on Danbury. Westport was incorporated in 1835.

1. Edgar L. Heermance, compiler, The Connecticut Guide: What to See and Where to Find It, Connecticut Emergency Relief Commission, Hartford, 1935.
2. D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Fairfield County, Connecticut, J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881.