New Canaan, Connecticut

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municipality suburb town

New Canaan, Connecticut is an affluent suburban town in Fairfield County known for its modernist architecture, historic New England charm, and role as a commuter community for the New York City metropolitan area.

Aliases (3)

New Canaan, Connecticut, United States ×4
New Canaan ×2
New Canaan Town Council ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → suburb → town →
areaCode	203 → 475 →
borderedBy	New York state line → Norwalk, Connecticut → Pound Ridge, New York → Stamford, Connecticut NERFINISHED → Wilton, Connecticut NERFINISHED →
commuterRailDestination	Grand Central Terminal →
country	United States →
county	Fairfield County, Connecticut →
daylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Daylight Time →
FIPSCode	09-50580 →
GNISFeatureID	0213464 →
governmentType	Selectmen–town meeting →
hasAttraction	Glass House → New Canaan Nature Center → Waveny Park →
hasHistoricArchitectureStyle	Colonial → Victorian →
hasHistoricDistrict	New Canaan Historic District →
hasLibrary	New Canaan Library →
hasLocalGovernmentBody	Board of Selectmen of New Canaan → New Canaan Town Council →
hasModernistArchitectureSite	Harvard Five houses →
hasNewspaper	New Canaan Advertiser →
hasPublicElementarySchool	East School → South School → West School →
hasPublicHighSchool	New Canaan High School →
hasPublicMiddleSchool	Saxe Middle School →
hasRailService	Metro-North Railroad New Canaan Branch →
isAffluent	true →
isCommuterTownFor	New York City →
isSuburban	true →
knownFor	high-income residential community → historic New England charm → modernist architecture →
locatedIn	southwestern Connecticut →
medianHouseholdIncomeRank	among highest in United States →
metropolitanArea	New York metropolitan area →
partOf	Gold Coast of Connecticut →
postalCode	06840 →
primaryLandUse	residential →
railLineTerminus	New Canaan Branch of the New Haven Line →
region	New England →
state	Connecticut →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Rogers (sculptor) → Mike Wallace ("New Canaan, Connecticut, United States") → Philip Johnson ("New Canaan, Connecticut, United States") →	placeOfDeath
Darien, Connecticut → Wilton, Connecticut →	borderedBy
Glass House → Glass House ("New Canaan, Connecticut, United States") →	location
Glass House ("New Canaan") →	city
Fairfield County, Connecticut →	containsTown
New Canaan, Connecticut ("New Canaan Town Council") →	hasLocalGovernmentBody
Brian Williams ("New Canaan, Connecticut, United States") →	residence
Glass House ("New Canaan") →	town