Greens Farms

History

In 1648 the Town of Fairfield officially gave five farmers, collectively known as the Bankside Farmers, permission to settle the fertile land that the Pequot people were living in. The land that the Pequot sold, then within the original boundaries of the Town of Fairfield, stretched from "Frost Point an English mile along the seacoast toward Compaw, and six or seven miles inland." On Green's Farms Road near Morningside Drive is the site of the first West Parish Common, the first schoolhouse, and the first meeting house. A small park there has a monument called Machamux Boulder. Burial Hill Beach was acquired by the Town of Westport in 1893. In 1950, strong winds toppled the Congregational Church steeple, sending it through the roof of the Sunday School room (later the church parlor). The repair effort was expanded to include lighting for the steeple and a new Sunday School room which would double as a church social hall and the construction of a Sunday School wing. In 1961, the present social hall was added, together with more classrooms, a church office, ministers' offices and a choir room.

Geography

The boundaries of the neighborhood, like those of most neighborhoods with no governmental status, are vague, but according to a New York Times article in 2001, "generally, a resident can confidently claim a Green's Farms address if the property lies within the area bounded by Hillspoint Road, the Fairfield town line and the Post Road". The Greens Farms census-designated place as drawn in 2020 follows the same boundaries. According to the same article, Turkey Hill Road and Morningside Drive are the heart of the neighborhood. The neighborhood enjoys a temperate climate and has many ecological systems, including a salt marsh. Greens Farms is the home to a private coeducational K-12 institution that bears its namesake: Greens Farms Academy. The Green's Farms Railroad Station is located on New Creek Road. Exit 18 of Interstate 95 serves the neighborhood. Sherwood Island State Park is at the western edge of Greens Farms. The Nyala Farms Corporate Center, north of Sherwood Island, is home to Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, and Pequot Capital Management, a large investment management fund. Green's Farms Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through Grade 5 in a Gothic-style building with a newer wing on the back containing a library-media center, computer lab and gymnasium.

Race & ethnicity

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
• 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
• Middlesex Middle School
  Middle · Darien · 1,068 students · 9.6:1 ratio