Oronoque

Oronoque is a census-designated place in the town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northern part of the town, bordered to the north by the city of Shelton, to the east by the Housatonic River, and to the south by the Merritt Parkway.

Type: Village with 3,790 residents
Description: census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Also known as: “Oronoke”, “Oronoque, Connecticut”, “Putney Heights”, “Woronock”, and “Woronoke”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge and Fowler Island.

Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wxstorm, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge carries the controlled-access Merritt Parkway over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford, Connecticut.

Fowler Island

Islet

Fowler Island is the sole island owned by Milford, Connecticut, north of I-95 in the Housatonic River. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, and south of the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.

Boothe Memorial Park and Museum

Park

Photo: Igor154, Public domain.

Boothe Memorial Park and Museum sits on a 32-acre site in the Putney section of Stratford, Connecticut. Built about 1840 and remodeled in 1914, it is said to be "The Oldest Homestead in America," since it sits on the foundations of a 1663 house, and has been continuously occupied.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Putney and Milford.

Putney

Hamlet

Putney is a section in the north end of Stratford, Connecticut. The area includes Boothe Memorial Park and Museum and Putney Chapel and abuts the neighborhood of Oronoque.

Milford

Photo: Fadein, CC0.

Milford is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is bordered to the south by Long Island sound, to the west by the Housatonic river, to the North by the town of Orange, and to the east by the town of West Haven.

Devon

Village

The village of Devon is a neighborhood of the city of Milford, Connecticut, United States. It lies on the southwest corner of the city bordering Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Housatonic River. Devon is situated 3 miles south of Oronoque.

Oronoque

Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
Location: Stratford, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Fairfield County, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.24792° or 41° 14′ 53″ north

Longitude

-73.10204° or 73° 6′ 7″ west

Population

3,790

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

87H86VXX+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158862555

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

4840140

Wikidata ID

Q106590073

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Gilaki to Turkish—“Oronoque” goes by many names.

Gilaki: “اورونوک (کنتيکت)”
Gilaki: “اورونوک”
Irish: “Oronoque”
Ladin: “Oronoque”
Turkish: “Oronoque”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sikorsky Aircraft CHP and Sikorsky Fire Department.

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