Looking to buy a home in Darien, Connecticut?

Darien is an affluent coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. It is the smallest town on Connecticut’s “Gold Coast”. It has the youngest population of any non-college town in Connecticut, a high rate of marriage, and high number of average children per household. Darien is also one of the wealthiest communities in the U.S.

• The first clearings of land were made by men from the New Haven and Wethersfield colonies and from Norwalk in about 1641
• A sailor who had traveled to Darién, Panama- the Isthmus of Panama, then part of the Spanish Empire, suggested the name Darien.
• A populaton of 21,753
  Darien, Connecticut, in Fairfield county, is 40 miles NE of New York City.
• Weed Beach – includes a bathing area, picnic areas, 6 tennis courts, 5 paddle tennis courts, children’s play areas, a bathhouse, a fit trail with equipment, a fully operational concession stand, the Paddle Tennis warming hut, and is home to Darien Junior Sailing Team.

Click to see other best communities to buy a home in Connecticut – Fairfield County.