Around 50 miles northeast of New York City, in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is the city of Danbury. The population of Danbury was 87,642 in 2022. It is Connecticut's seventh-largest city. Learn more about the geography and climate of Danbury.

Because it was the hub of the American hat business for a while in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Danbury has the moniker "Hat City." Danbury is the name of both the city and the mineral danburite, which is called after Danbury in Essex, England.

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Fair Mall, Danbury Municipal Airport, and Danbury Hospital are all located in Danbury. Danbury was named as the second greatest place to live in by USA Today in November 2015. According to WalletHub, Danbury was the most diverse city in New England, the third most diverse city in the New York metropolitan area, and the tenth most diverse city overall in the United States in April 2021. (behind Jersey City and New York City). The socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household, and religious variety are taken into account while ranking.

History of Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury is a city that shares a township with the same name in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the United States. It lies along the Still River in the foothills of the Berkshire Hills. It was founded in 1685, given the name Danbury, England, in 1687, and constituted as a town in 1702. The town and city were combined in 1965. The municipality inside the old town tract first became a borough in 1822, then a city in 1889. It served as a crucial military supply center for the army of the American Revolution until being torched and looted by the British forces of Major General William Tryon in April 1777. Today, Danbury is a manufacturing hub. Its goods include machinery, ball bearings, pharmaceuticals, and optical equipment. Union Carbide Corporation, a significant producer of petrochemicals, has its corporate headquarters there. Zadoc Benedict started making beaver hats in Danbury in 1780, and the city formerly had a thriving hat industry that lasted until the 1950s when hat wear fell off. A collection of old hats is on show at the Scott-Fanton Museum. Connecticut's biggest fair was the Danbury Fair, which ran annually from 1869 until it was demolished to make room for a mall in 1981. Danbury is home to Western Connecticut State University (1903). The hamlet is bordered by a resort community built around the man-made Candlewood Lake, which has more than 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline.