The Cove, Stamford, Connecticut
human settlement in Connecticut, United States of America
The Cove is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of Stamford, Connecticut. It is an area of mostly modest homes with some very expensive homes along the shore.
History
The Cove area was one of the first sections of Stamford to be cleared and divided among settlers. The neighborhood, which then made up most of what was called East Fields, was apportioned to various settlers between 1641 and 1665.
Conservative author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. was a decades-long resident at Wallack's Point, a small gated community on the shoreline. His son, the author and magazine editor Christopher Buckley, grew up there. Businessman and U.S. Representative Schuyler Merritt, for whom the Merritt Parkway is named, lived on an estate on Noroton Hill.
Geography
There is no defined boundary between the Cove and neighboring sections of Stamford, although it does not extend farther north than East Main Street, while Glenbrook does not extend south of it. It is bordered by the East Side to the north and northeast and by Shippan to the south and southwest.
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