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Danbury (Conn.)

LC control no.n 80067298
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Geographic headingDanbury (Conn.)
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Geographic subdivision usageConnecticut--Danbury
Variant(s)City of Danbury (Conn.)
Hat City (Conn.)
Beginning date1685
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeFairfield County (Conn.)
LocatedConnecticut
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 41°23ʹ41ʺN 073°27ʹ14ʺW)
GNIS, viewed September 3, 2019 (City of Danbury; civil, Fairfield County, CT, 41°24'06"N 073°28'16"W)
Connecticut state register & manual, 2017: page 419 (Danbury, Fairfield County; settled, 1685; named, Oct. 1687; Inc., town, May, 1702; city, 1889; town and city consolidated, Jan. 1, 1965)
Wikipedia (Website), viewed September 3, 2019 (Danbury, Connecticut; Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City making it part of the New York metropolitan area; the city is named for Danbury in Essex, England; it is nicknamed the "Hat City" because for a period in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was the center of the American hat industry; incorporated (town), 1702; incorporated (city), 1889; consolidated, 1965)
Geographic area coden-us-ct
Invalid LCCNsh 85035629