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Mill Plain, Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°23′42.34″N 73°30′56.45″W / 41.3950944°N 73.5156806°W / 41.3950944; -73.5156806
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	Fairfield
Region	Western CT
City	Danbury
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Mill Plain is an unincorporated area in the City of Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It is located in the westernmost part of the city, bordering the town of Southeast, New York.

History

Defined as a village in the western part of Danbury, Mill Plain has also historically been considered a semi-autonomous hamlet. The first home in the area was built around 1720 by Nathaniel Stevens. By 1725 Samuel Castle had built his second grist mill, located in this section of town, which gave rise to the name Mill Plain. An early mention of Mill Plain is found in a 1769 deed for 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land near a stream "that runs into ye Mill Plain Pond," which is the original name for Lake Kenosia. The area belonged to the town of Ridgefield at that time.

In 1865, resident Henry M. Senior opened a general store and post office. Five years later, Senior built a hat manufacturing shop in the area, which operated until 1892. Mill Plain station, was built in 1881, and closed in 1928 after being acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The post office was operated by the Senior family until the 1940s.

Parks and recreation

• Richter Park
• Farrington Woods
• Lake Kenosia Park

Notable person

Marian Anderson (1897-1993), contralto

References

1. ^ "Mill Plain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Gannett, Henry (1894). A Geographic Dictionary of Connecticut (PDF). United States Geological Survey (Report). Vol. 117. p. 40. doi:10.3133/b117. hdl:2346/64184. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
3. Devlin, William E. (2013). Danbury's Third Century: From Urban Status to Tri-Centennial.
4. Bailey, James M. (1896). History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896.
5. Stevens, Frederick (1891). Genealogy of the Stevens family, from 1635 to 1891.
6. Devlin, William (1984). We Crown Them All: An Illustrated History of Danbury. Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications. p. 11. ISBN 0-89781-092-9.
7. Sanders, Jack (August 30, 2021). "The Ridgefield Encyclopedia" (PDF). Ridgefieldlibrary.org. Ridgefield Library. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
8. Beers, J. H. (1899). Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
9. Danbury Railway Museum. "Mill Plain station". Danburyrail.org. Danbury Railway Museum. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
10. "Mill Plain Post Office May Be Discontinued, No One Wants Job". Hartford Courant. Associated Press. January 20, 1940. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
11. "Marian Anderson History". Western Connecticut State University. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

v t e Danbury, Connecticut
Landmarks	Danbury Fair Danbury Hospital Danbury Ice Arena Danbury Museum and Historical Society Rogers Park The Summit at Danbury NRHP Ball and Roller Bearing Company Charles Ives House Hearthstone Castle John Rider House Locust Avenue School Main Street Historic District Octagon House P. Robinson Fur Cutting Company Tarrywile Union Station (Danbury Railway Museum)
Neighborhoods	Beaverbrook Beckettville Germantown Great Plain Hayestown Lake Waubeeka Long Ridge King Street Mill Plain Miry Brook Pembroke
Government	Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Education	Danbury Public Schools Danbury HS ACE Henry Abbott Technical HS Immaculate HS Westside Middle School Academy Naugatuck Valley Community College Danbury Campus Western Connecticut State University
Transportation	Danbury Municipal Airport Danbury station Housatonic Area Regional Transit North Danbury station
Sports teams	Current Danbury Hat Tricks Danbury Westerners Former Connecticut Whale Danbury Mad Hatters Danbury Titans Danbury Trashers Danbury Whalers New England Stars

v t e Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
County seat: Bridgeport
Cities	Bridgeport Danbury Norwalk Shelton Stamford
Towns	Bethel Brookfield Darien Easton Fairfield Greenwich Monroe New Canaan New Fairfield Newtown Redding Ridgefield Sherman Stratford Trumbull Weston Westport Wilton
Borough	Newtown
CDPs	Ball Pond Bethel Bigelow Corners Bogus Hill Botsford Branchville Brookfield Center Byram Candlewood Isle Candlewood Knolls Candlewood Lake Club‡ Candlewood Orchards Candlewood Shores Cannondale Coleytown Compo Cos Cob Daniels Farm Darien Downtown Dodgingtown East Village Fairfield University Georgetown Glenville Greens Farms Greenwich Hawleyville Indian Field Inglenook Kellogg Point Knollcrest Lakes East Lakes West Lakeside Woods Long Hill Lordship Mamanasco Lake Mill Plain Murray New Canaan Noroton Noroton Heights Old Greenwich Old Hill Oronoque Pemberwick Plattsville Poplar Plains Redding Center Ridgebury Ridgefield Riverside Rock Ridge Route 7 Gateway Sacred Heart University Sail Harbor Sandy Hook Saugatuck Sherman South Wilton Southport Staples Stepney Stratford Downtown Tashua Taylor Corners Tokeneke Topstone Trumbull Center West Mountain Weston Westport Village Wilton Center
Other communities	Aspetuck Greenfield Hill Hattertown Mianus Mill Plain Nichols Silvermine
Ghost town	Little Danbury
Indian reservation	Golden Hill Paugussett reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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External links

• Towns, Villages, and Districts with No Post Office of Same Name
• OpenStreetMap - Mill Plain Hamlet

• Neighborhoods in Connecticut
• Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Geography of Danbury, Connecticut
• Villages in Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Danbury, Connecticut