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{{Short description|Neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, US}}
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[[Image:WelcomeToTheCoveStamfordCT2007.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome sign on Weed Avenue, just south of East Main Street ("Since 1641")]]
'''The Cove''' is a neighborhood located in the southeast corner of [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. It is an area of mostly modest homes with some very expensive homes along the shoreline.

==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.<ref name="feinstein">Feinstein, Estelle S., ''Stamford: From Puritan to Patriot 1641-1774'', published by Stamford Bicentennial Corporation, 1976, page 20</ref>

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 (novelist)|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, Connecticut|Glenbrook]] does not extend south of it. It is bordered by the [[East Side of Stamford, Connecticut|East Side]] to the north and northeast and by [[Shippan, Connecticut|Shippan]] to the south and southwest. [[Long Island Sound]] lies to the south.

The neighborhood is closely approximated by census tract 219, which is roughly bounded on the west by Seaside Avenue and the eastern edge of Cummings Park, and on the east by the [[Darien, Connecticut|Darien]] town line. The tract extends as far north as Interstate 95, but does not extend past Shippan Avenue north of Cove Road.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Transportation==
The neighborhood is atop and on the eastern and southern slopes of Noroton Hill, which also extends north across [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut|Interstate 95]] and [[U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut|U.S. Route 1]]; the latter route, which runs along East Main Street (also known as the Boston Post Road) runs across the ridge, while Interstate 95 cuts across it.

The [[New Haven Line]] of the [[Metro-North Railroad]] was built around the north side of the Cove. The neighborhood is served by two stations, [[Stamford Transportation Center|Stamford]] and [[Noroton Heights station|Noroton Heights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/mta|title=MTA|website=MTA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070112222715/http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/ City of Stamford]
*[http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ Stamford Historical Society]
*[http://www.stamfordhistory.org/covefire.htm Article on manufacturing at the site of Cove Island Park] (Stamford Historical Society newsletter) 
*[http://www.stamfordhistory.org/rg7.htm More detailed article on manufacturing at the site of Cove Island Park] (Stamford Historical Society newsletter)
*[https://www.cnastamford.com Cove Website]

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[[Category:Neighborhoods in Connecticut]]
[[Category:Geography of Stamford, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Connecticut]]