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Southport, CT

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Southport, CT 06890

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Southport is a section and census-designated place of the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, located along Long Island Sound between the Mill River and Sasco Brook (the Westport town line). As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,585. Settled in 1639, the downtown area has been designated a local historic district since 1967 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as the Southport Historic District. The historic significance of Southport is because of its harbor, churches, public buildings, and the homesteads of some of the first families in southwestern Connecticut.

The earliest recorded event in Southport's history was "The Great Swamp Fight" of July 1637 (not to be confused with the later Great Swamp Fight of King Philip's War), an episode of the Pequot War in which English colonial forces led by John Mason and Roger Ludlow vanquished a band of about 80 to 100 Pequot Indians who had earlier fled from their home territory in the Mystic area and had taken refuge with about 200 Sasqua Indians who inhabited the area that is now Fairfield. The exact location of the battle is not known, but it is known to have been in the vicinity of Southport.

In the eighteenth century, Mill River village, a part of Fairfield, was a small hamlet of a few houses and a wharf at the mouth of Fairfield's Mill River. Farm products from the surrounding area were shipped from Mill River's small harbor to ports in New York and beyond.

Nearby cities include Darien, Georgetown, Stamford, Ridgefield, Shelton.

Places in Southport

Dine and drink

Eat and drink your way through town.

Horseshoe Cafe

54

$$

Opens at 12:00 PM
Photo by Management

Paci Restaurant

98

$$$

Closed today
Photo by Ted A

Sammy's Southport Pizza House

61

$

Opens at 10:00 AM
Photo by raphaelm924

Artisan

239

$$$

Opens at 4:00 PM

Can't-miss activities

Culture, natural beauty, and plain old fun.

Gregory Prestegord

George Billis Gallery

4

$

Opens at 12:00 PM
Photo by Johnny S

Fairfield Theatre Company

36

$$

Opens at 11:00 AM

Karl Soderlund Gallery & Studio

1
Closed today

Sacred Heart University Community Theater

5
Opens at 12:00 PM

Places to stay

Hang your (vacation) hat in a place that’s just your style.

Delamar Westport

51

$$

Opens at 12:00 AM
Bedroom

The Inn At Fairfield Beach

30

$$

Opens at 9:00 AM
Backyard

Wonderland at Roseville

2
Opens at 5:00 PM
Photo by Management

The Inn at Longshore

26

$$$

Opens at 12:00 AM
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