Cannondale

History

The Algongian name for the area was spelled in various ways by early colonists, with "Pimpewaug" being one common spelling. The area known as Pimpewaug covered a somewhat larger area than present Cannondale – from Honey Hill and the Split Rock in the north to the site of the present Wilton railroad station, and west from Drum Hill to Buckingham Ridge in the east. The neighborhood, like the rest of Wilton, was originally a part of Norwalk, founded in 1651. By 1726, a separate parish was created for Wilton, allowing area residents to avoid the long trek into Norwalk for Sunday church services (and for men to travel down to Norwalk for militia drilling). Organizationally, the parish was split into a church and an "ecclesiastical society" responsible for secular matters such as levying taxes for support of the church, schools and the militia, as well as for building roads and maintaining them and cemeteries. Cannon Crossing, an restoration of a pre-Civil War village, with 19th-century buildings just across the railroad tracks from the Cannondale train station, was created by actress June Havoc, who sold the property in 1989.

Largest nearby schools

• Brien McMahon High School
  High · Norwalk · 1,711 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Staples High School
  High · Westport · 1,686 students · 9.6:1 ratio
• Norwalk High School
  High · Norwalk · 1,484 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• Ridgefield High School
  High · Ridgefield · 1,474 students · 12:1 ratio
• Darien High School
  High · Darien · 1,415 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• Saxe Middle School
  Middle · New Canaan · 1,315 students · 11.3:1 ratio
• New Canaan High School
  High · New Canaan · 1,294 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Wilton High School
  High · Wilton · 1,231 students · 11.1:1 ratio