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Welcome to North Greenwich ...

North Greenwich is located in Fairfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Greenwich, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

A typical abbreviation for North Greenwich: N. Greenwich

North Greenwich is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Greenwich lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for North Greenwich: 203 & 475<3>

Communities Also Named North Greenwich ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Greenwich - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Greenwich.

Websites for North Greenwich ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.businessfairfield.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to North Greenwich, the following might be of interest:

Communities near North Greenwich ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Greenwich.

  • Bronx
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bronx is located in Bronx County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
    • Bronx has also been known as:
    • Bronx
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <4>
  • Yonkers
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <4>
  • Stamford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Stamford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stamford is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
  • Norwalk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Norwalk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Norwalk is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
  • New Rochelle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mount Vernon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
  • White Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around North Greenwich. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Greenwich.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Greenwich. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Greenwich.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Greenwich. See our Newspapers Page for North Greenwich.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Greenwich ...

Looking for more information about North Greenwich? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to North Greenwich, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Greenwich.

Adding North Greenwich to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Greenwich in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for North Greenwich was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the North Greenwich post office opened in 1849. The North Greenwich post office closed in 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Greenwich.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Greenwich - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 203 code has been Overlayed with the 475 area code. New phone numbers in the North Greenwich area will be assigned with one of these codes: 203 or 475. As a result, placing a call in the North Greenwich area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/