Greenfield Hill

Greenfield Hill is an affluent historic neighborhood in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, roughly bounded by Easton to the north, southern Burr Street/northern Black Rock Turnpike to the east, and Southport and Westport to the south and west respectively.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in United States of America
Also known as: “Greenfield” and “Greenfield Hill, Connecticut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenfield Hill Historic District and Bronson Windmill.

Greenfield Hill Historic District

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Greenfield Hill Historic District encompasses the historic village area of the village of Greenfield Hill in northern Fairfield, Connecticut. The area was important from the mid-18th to 19th centuries as an intellectual center in the town, driven in part by Timothy Dwight, the Greenfield Hill Church minister and later president of Yale College.

Bronson Windmill

Windmill

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Bronson Windmill is an historic windmill at 3015 Bronson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Built in 1893-94, it is the only surviving windmill in the town, out a number that once dotted the landscape.

Fairfield University

University

Photo: Stagophile, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fairfield University is a private Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In the fall of 2024, the university had about 5,400 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students, including full-time and part-time students. Fairfield University is situated 2 miles southeast of Greenfield Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport and Fairfield.

Southport

Village

Photo: RGloucester, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southport is a census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is located along Long Island Sound between Mill River and Sasco Brook, where it borders Westport. Southport is situated 3 miles south of Greenfield Hill.

Fairfield

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut.

Aspetuck

Hamlet

Photo: Swroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aspetuck is a village on the Aspetuck River, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is mostly situated in the town of Easton but extending also into Weston. Aspetuck is situated 3½ miles northwest of Greenfield Hill.

Greenfield Hill

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.17649° or 41° 10′ 35″ north

Longitude

-73.29178° or 73° 17′ 30″ west

Elevation

249 feet (76 metres)

Open location code

87H85PG5+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158801803

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4835384

Wikidata ID

Q5603968

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Greenfield Hill” goes by many names.

Chinese: “格林菲爾德山”
Irish: “Greenfield Hill”
Turkish: “Greenfield Hill”

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