Danbury Firsts

Danbury Firsts (HM1CQ5)

Location: Danbury, CT 06810 Fairfield County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 23.594', W 73° 27.148'

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- The Museum in the Streets -

— Danbury, Connecticut —

· First recorded census taken in 1756, Danbury's population: 1,527.
· Danbury's first mayor, elected in 1888, was Lewis LeGrand Hopkins.
· The first train arrived on the tracks of the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad on March 1, 1851.
· Wakefield Dibble set up the town's first grist mill on Beaver Brook in 1702.
· Danbury's first newspaper was The Farmer's Journal published in 1790.
· The first fire companies organize in 1829. The first engine was purchased in 1889 and the first ambulance in 1890.
· The Kohanza Reservoir was Danbury's first public works project.
· The first grocery store was opened by L.S. Benedict & D.P. Nichols in 1838 on Main Street.
· The first trolley to Lake Kenosia ran on June 24, 1895.
· The first licensed female physician in con was Dr. Sophia Penfield. She practiced in Danbury for over 50 years.
· The first large scale hat manufacturing firm was Oliver Burr & Company established in 1787.
· The first hippopotamus was brought to the U.S. by Danbury resident and circus proprietor George F. Bailey. His was also the first American circus to tour Latin America.
· In 1861, The Wooster Light Guard, our only existing military company, was the first unit in the state to volunteer for service before the governor issued a call for troops at the onset of the Civil War.
· The United True and Assistant Society of Hatters was Danbury's first union established circa 1800.
· Danbury was the first city in the State of Connecticut to switch from trolley to bus service.
· The first telephone was introduced to Danbury in 1879.
· When Danbury Library opened at 254 Main Street in 1879, Mary Elizabeth Dickens Taylor, a cousin of Charles Dickens, was the first librarian.
· First Courthouse and Jail erected in 1785.
· Thomas Robbins, Danbury's first historian, delivered his Century Sermon at the Congregational Church on January 1, 1801.
· In 1927, the first radio station in Danbury was broadcast from the lobby of the Hotel Green on Main Street.
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HM NumberHM1CQ5
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Marker Number23
Placed ByDanbury Museum & Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 2:42am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 629375 N 4583566
Decimal Degrees41.39323333, -73.45246667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 23.594', W 73° 27.148'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 23' 35.64" N, 73° 27' 8.88" W
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Area Code(s)203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 15-23 West St, Danbury CT 06810, US
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