The Cove is a neighborhood located in the southeast corner of

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...

. It is an area of mostly modest homes with some very expensive homes along the shoreline.

History

The Cove area was one of the first sections of Stamford to be cleared and divided among settlers. The neighborhood, which then made up most of what was called East Fields, was apportioned to various settlers between 1641 and 1665.Feinstein, Estelle S., ''Stamford: From Puritan to Patriot 1641-1774'', published by Stamford Bicentennial Corporation, 1976, page 20 Conservative author and journalist

William F. Buckley Jr. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, political commentator and novelist. Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his ...

was a decades-long resident at Wallack's Point, a small gated community on the shoreline. His son, the author and magazine editor Christopher Buckley, grew up there. Businessman and U.S. Representative

Schuyler Merritt Schuyler Merritt (December 16, 1853 – April 1, 1953) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1917 to 1931 and 1933 to 1937. He is the namesake of the Merritt Par ...

, for whom the

Merritt Parkway The Merritt Parkway (also known locally as "The Merritt") is a controlled-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with a small section at the northern end in New Haven County. Designed for Connecticut's Gold Coast, the parkway is k ...

is named, lived on an estate on Noroton Hill.

Geography

There is no defined boundary between the Cove and neighboring sections of Stamford, although it does not extend farther north than East Main Street, while Glenbrook does not extend south of it. It is bordered by the East Side to the north and northeast and by Shippan to the south and southwest.

Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is a sound (geography), marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York (state), New York to the south. From west to east, ...

lies to the south. The neighborhood is closely approximated by census tract 219, which is roughly bounded on the west by Seaside Avenue and the eastern edge of Cummings Park, and on the east by the Darien town line. The tract extends as far north as Interstate 95, but does not extend past Shippan Avenue north of Cove Road.

Transportation

The neighborhood is atop and on the eastern and southern slopes of Noroton Hill, which also extends north across

Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...

and

U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, ...

; the latter route, which runs along East Main Street (also known as the Boston Post Road) runs across the ridge, while Interstate 95 cuts across it. The

New Haven Line The New Haven Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York (state), New York and Connecticut. Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line ...

of the

Metro-North Railroad The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company , also branded as MTA Metro-North Railroad and commonly called simply Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State publ ...

was built around the north side of the Cove. The neighborhood is served by two stations, Stamford and Noroton Heights.

References

External links

City of StamfordStamford Historical Society
(Stamford Historical Society newsletter)

(Stamford Historical Society newsletter)
Cove Website
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