Manresa Island

Manresa Island is an island located in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the mouth of Norwalk Harbor in the Long Island Sound. The earliest name for the landform was Boutons Island, which dates to 1664.

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Type: Island
Description: former island in Norwalk, Connecticut
Also known as: “Bouton Island”, “Boutons Island”, “Comstock Island”, “Keyser Island”, “Kyser Island”, “Manrissa Island”, and “Raymond Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Norwalk station and Sheffield Island.

South Norwalk station

Railway station

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

South Norwalk station is a commuter rail station in Norwalk, Connecticut, served by the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line. It is owned and managed by the Norwalk Transit District.

Sheffield Island

Islet

Photo: American, Public domain.

Sheffield Island is an islet.

SoNo Switch Tower is a preserved switch tower in Norwalk, Connecticut, in the United States. It was originally constructed in 1896 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to control switches at the junction between the New Haven Line and the Danbury Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Norwalk and Rowayton.

South Norwalk

Suburb

Photo: JohnOwensCT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August 18, 1870.

Rowayton

Village

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Rowayton is a coastal neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, roughly 40 miles from New York City. The community is governed by the Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk and has a number of active local associations, including the Civic Association, the Historical Society, the Rowayton Library, a Gardeners Club, and a Parents Exchange.

East Norwalk

Village

Photo: StephenTS42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

East Norwalk is a neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. It is located mostly in Norwalk's third taxing district with segments of its northernmost area within the first and fifth taxing districts.

Manresa Island

Categories: former island, locality, and landform
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.07482° or 41° 4′ 29″ north

Longitude

-73.41012° or 73° 24′ 36″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87H83HFQ+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359265759

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4838200

Wikidata ID

Q31827286

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Satellite Map

Discover Manresa Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Cebuano—“Manresa Island” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Illa de Manresa”
Cebuano: “Manresa Island”

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