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TheConnecticut panhandle is the southwestern appendage ofConnecticut, where it abutsNew York State. It is contained entirely inFairfield County and theWestern Connecticut Planning Region, and includes all ofGreenwich,Stamford,New Canaan, andDarien,[1] as well as parts ofNorwalk andWilton. It hassome of the most expensive residential real estate in the United States.
The irregularity in the boundary is the result ofterritorial disputes in the late 17th century between the British colonies of New York and Connecticut. In an agreement on November 28, 1683, that established the New York–Connecticut border as 20 miles (32 km) east of the Hudson River, New York gave up its claim to this area of 61,660 acres (249.5 km2) east of theByram River, whose residents considered themselves part of Connecticut. In exchange, New York received an equivalent area consisting of a 1.81-mile-wide (2.91 km) strip of land known as the "Oblong" running northwards fromRidgefield, Connecticut to the Massachusetts border, alongside the New York counties ofWestchester,Putnam, andDutchess. New York was also given undisputed claim toRye, New York.[2][3][4][5][6]
41°07′01″N73°29′56″W / 41.117°N 73.499°W /41.117; -73.499 (Connecticut Pandhandle)
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