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The Story of Norwalk
The Name “Norwalk” itself
comes from the Algonquin
word “noyank” meaning
“point of land”, or its Native
American name,
“Naramauke”, a Native
American chief. Norwalk was
purchased in 1640 by Roger
Ludlow.
The original purchase
included all land between the
Norwalk and Saugatuck rivers
and a day’s walk north from
the sea. Norwalk was
chartered as a town on and ridicule the rag-tag CT his cap and called it
September 11, 1651. troops who only had chicken “macaroni, macaroni being
feathers for uniforms. the London slang at the time
The traditional American for a foppish dandy).
song “Yankee Doodle” has Dr. Richard Shuckburgh,
Norwalk related origins. who was a British army In 1849, the New York and
During the French and Indian surgeon, added some new New Haven Railroad started
War, a regiment of Norwalkers words to a popular tune of the operating through Norwalk. In
arrived at Fort Crailo, NY, the time, Lucy Locket (for 1852 the Danbury and Norwalk
British regulars began to mock example, “stuck a feather in Railroad connected Norwalk
with Danbury. Both railroads
eventually became parts of the
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad.
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield
County, Connecticut. It is
estimated that Norwalk is the
sixth largest city in
Connecticut, and the third
largest in Fairfield County. The
city is part of the New York
Metropolitan area. Residents
of Norwalk are often referred
to as “Norwalkers”.
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