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NUGGET #59 Renumbering: The current system of road and street numbering for addresses was adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in 1969 after many complaints from emergency personnel about
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NUGGET #59 Renumbering: The current system of road and street numbering for addresses was adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in 1969 after many complaints from emergency personnel about
NUGGET #58 First called High Ridge Road, as early as 1830, renamed High Ridge Avenue after Civil War when J. Howard King (q.v.) was promoting the area for large summer
NUGGET #50 Devil’s Run Road: Early to mid 20th Century informal name for the dirt road that runs from Bennett’s Farm Road at Fox Hill north to the Bennett’s Ponds,
NUGGET #49 Carvel Curve: Local police slang for curve in Route 7 north of Route 35, scene of many accidents; so called because old Carvel Ice Cream stand, 1960s until
NUGGET #33 Dlhy Ridge: Town officials concocted this in the early 1970’s when they were looking for a name for the new municipal golf course, opened in 1974. It is
NUGGET #32 Danbury and Ridgefield Turnpike: Toll road from intersection of Haviland and Limestone Roads following today’s Route 35, then up today’s Route 7 where it met Sugar Hollow Turnpike
NUGGET #17 Quincy Close, a lane at Casagmo, was named by developer David L. Paul for the ancestors of George M. Olcott, who built the Casagmo mansion in the 1890s.
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