Compo is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...
(CDP) in the town of
Westport,
Fairfield County,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
, United States. It is in the south-central part of the town, lying between the
Saugatuck River
The Saugatuck River is a river in southwestern Connecticut in the United States. It drains part of suburban and rural Fairfield County west of Bridgeport, emptying into Long Island Sound.
, a U.S. Navy oiler that saw service in World War II, ...
and the neighborhood of
Saugatuck to the west, and Compo Cove, Sherwood Millpond, and the neighborhood of
Greens Farms to the east. The CDP extends south to Compo Beach on
Long Island Sound and north to
U.S. Route 1 (Post Road).
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadi ...
crosses the middle of the CDP from east to west, with access from either Saugatuck or Greens Farms.
Compo was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census. The
Compo–Owenoke Historic District is in the southern part of the CDP.
References
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Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut