Hawleyville, Connecticut

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Hawleyville
Unincorporated area
The Hawleyville Deli lies along Route 25 where it crosses the Housatonic Railroad.
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
NECTA	Newtown
Region	Housatonic Valley
Time zone	Eastern
• Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC)

Hawleyville is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County in the Town of Newtown, Connecticut about 1 mile outside of the Incorporated Borough of Newtown.

History

In early history, the village of Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center, causing the town - Newtown's - population to grow over 4,000 circa 1881.^[1] The railroads included the New York and New England Railroad and the Hawleyville Branch of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.

References

↑ Ronald Dale Karr (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England, A Handbook of Railroad History. Branch Line Press. ISBN 0-942147-02-2.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Cities	Bridgeport Danbury Norwalk Shelton Stamford

Towns	Bethel Brookfield Darien Easton Fairfield Greenwich Monroe New Canaan New Fairfield Newtown Redding Ridgefield Sherman Stratford Trumbull Weston Westport Wilton

Borough	Newtown

Other communities	Aspetuck Botsford Black Rock Branchville Byram Cannondale Compo Cos Cob Cranbury East Norwalk Georgetown Glenbrook Glenville Greenfield Hill Greens Farms Hattertown Hawleyville Huntington Center Long Hill Long Ridge Lordship Mianus Nichols Old Greenwich Riverside Round Hill Rowayton Sandy Hook Silvermine South Norwalk Southport Stepney Springdale Village Creek

Coordinates: 41°25′34″N 73°21′21″W / 41.4260°N 73.3557°W / 41.4260; -73.3557

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