Poplar Plains

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Poplar Plains is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It occupies the northwest corner of the town and is bordered to the southwest by the city of Norwalk, to the northwest by the town of Wilton, to the northeast by the town of Weston, to the east by the Saugatuck River, and to the south by the Merritt Parkway.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Poplar Plains, CT from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Meg Ryan

American actress (born 1961)

James Humphrey

American politician (1811-1866)

Linda Kozlowski

American actress

Justin Long

American actor

Aaron Burr Sr.

Father of Aaron Burr and President of the College of New Jersey (1716-1757)

Henry Fairfield Osborn

American geologist (1857–1935)

J

J. J. Henry

professional golfer

David LaChapelle

American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, and film director (born 1963)

Franco Ventriglia

American opera singer (1922–2012)

John Sloss Hobart

American statesman (1738-1805)

Samuel Jones

American athlete (1880-1954)

Mariette Hartley

American actress (born 1940)

L

Lauren Frost

American actress, born 1945

G

Gold Selleck Silliman

American general

Lydia Hearst-Shaw

American model and actress

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Dean Parisot

American film and television director

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Connecticut

• South Wilton
  2 mi away
• Murray
  5 mi away · pop. 503
• Southport
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,568
• Topstone
  9.5 mi away
• Tashua
  9.8 mi away · pop. 3,771
• Trumbull Center
  11.3 mi away · pop. 10,264
• Route 7 Gateway
  11.5 mi away
• Stepney
  12.2 mi away · pop. 3,979
• West Mountain
  12.4 mi away
• Mamanasco Lake
  13 mi away · pop. 499
• Old Greenwich
  14.2 mi away · pop. 6,936
• Pemberwick
  17.8 mi away · pop. 3,665

Browse all places in Connecticut →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Poplar Plains

The history of Detroit and Michigan

Silas Farmer · 1884

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

obedient plant

Physostegia virginiana

Seen 2026-09-25

white snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Seen 2026-09-25

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Seen 2026-09-25

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-25

Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Seen 2026-09-25

crowded parchment

Stereum complicatum

Seen 2026-09-25

bluestem goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Seen 2026-09-25

Coppery Leafhopper

Jikradia olitoria

Seen 2026-09-25

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).