Little Danbury
Ghost town · Greater Bridgeport County, Connecticut

Little Danbury is a ghost town in Greater Bridgeport County, Connecticut. It is one of 2 former communities in Greater Bridgeport County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Little Danbury as a historical populated place on the Bridgeport topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.1276° N, 73.2473° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Bridgeport |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 4 ft |
| Nearest living town | Southport, CT |
| Distance to it | 2.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1942407 |
| Coordinates | 41.12760, -73.24734 |
What's there now
Little Danbury is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Southport, CT (population 1,529), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Penfield Reef Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 1.5 mi
- Black Rock Harbor Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 1.9 mi
- Bridgeport Harbor Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 4 mi
- Bridgeport Harbor Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 4 mi
- Bridgeport Harbor Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 4 mi
- Tongue Point Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 4.5 mi
- Hockanum Parkghost town · Western Connecticut County · 5.6 mi
- Cupheagghost town · Greater Bridgeport County · 7.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Lightlighthouse · Western Connecticut County · 7.2 mi
- Stratford Point Lightlighthouse · Greater Bridgeport County · 7.7 mi
- Liz's Bridgecovered bridge · Greater Bridgeport County · 8.4 mi
- Stratford Shoal Lightlighthouse · Connecticut · 8.9 mi
Questions
Where is Little Danbury?
Little Danbury is in Greater Bridgeport County, Connecticut, at 41.1276, -73.2473.
How many ghost towns are in Greater Bridgeport County?
Greater Bridgeport County, Connecticut has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.