Did You Know?

1. In 2000, the median price of a single family home in Westport was $625,000. The national average was $120,000.

2. Westport is currently, and in the past has been, the home to many celebrities including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Michael Bolton, Bill Murray, Jason Robards, Betty Davis, Harvey Fierstein, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Don Imus, Helen Keller, Harry Reasoner and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. Martha Stewart’s nationally syndicated home show ran for twelve years and was filmed from her studio on Newtown Turnpike in Westport (yes, Martha also lived in Westport and recently sold her home on Turkey Hill Road South for a record price).

4. Westport was rated the #1 pet friendly community in Coastal Connecticut out of 35 towns.

5. Main Street, Westport’s shopping district, is the 7th most popular place for tourists coming to Fairfield County according to the Convention & Visitors Bureau.

6. Westport is the international headquarters for Save The Children, the leading independent organization for children in need in the United States and around the world.

7. Westport was the location for the 2004 film “The Stepford Wives” starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick.

8. The Westport Country Playhouse just celebrated its 75th anniversary by re-opening after a $30,000,000 renovation.

9. In the 1930’s & 1940’s, Westport was known as an artist's colony.

10. In the early 1900’s, Westport was primarily farm land, whose chief crop was onions.

11. In 1776, British troops, en route to battle in Danbury, Connecticut, landed in Westport at what is now called Compo Beach.

12. The state of Connecticut has many nicknames which include the Constitution State and the Nutmeg State.