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Welcome to 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 September 11, 1651. The traditional
American song “Yankee Doodle” has Norwalk related origins. During the French and
Indian War, a regiment of Norwalkers arrived at Fort Crailo, NY, the British regulars
began to mock and ridicule the rag-tag CT troops who only had chicken feathers for
uniforms. Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, who was a British army surgeon, added some
new words to a popular tune of the time, Lucy Locket (for example, “stuck a feather
in his cap and called it “macaroni, macaroni being the London slang at the time for
a foppish dandy). In 1849, the New York and New Haven Railroad started operating
through Norwalk. In 1852 the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad connected Norwalk
with Danbury.
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