Stepney, also referred to as Stepney Village and Upper Stepney, is a district of the town of
Monroe, Connecticut
Monroe is a New England town, town located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,825 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, ...
, United States and is on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places. Consisting of approximately , Stepney extends from the
Trumbull town line, along
Route 25, to the
Newtown town line. It was listed as a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
prior to the
2020 census.
First settled ''circa'' 1720, Stepney was originally a productive farming community made up of transplants from settlements to the south such as
Fairfield and
Stratford. In the early 19th century, Stepney became a transportation hub for travelers going to and from the city of
Danbury and the
Greater Bridgeport
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areas as travelers followed the
Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike, the first paved road in the town of Monroe, and along Hattertown Road.
Once a depot for the
Housatonic Railroad
The Housatonic Railroad ( ; ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, a ...
, and home to the town of Monroe's first fire department, the
Stepney Volunteer Fire Department, today Stepney is home to over a dozen historic buildings dating from before the 20th century, and is predominantly a suburban community with the majority of its business located along the Route 25 corridor.
References
External links
Save Our Stepney task force
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Monroe, Connecticut
Neighborhoods in Connecticut
Historic districts in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut