Bridgewater Connecticut Map

About Bridgewater, Connecticut

Bridgewater is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community with a population of 133. The population density is 188.8 people per km². Bridgewater is located at 41.5351°N, 73.3662°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06752.

Bridgewater reveals its character through the quiet persistence of the Clapboard Oak Brook, which meanders through the landscape with a rhythmic, silver clarity. It lies 10.7 miles north-northeast of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 25°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northwest of Sandy Hook. The elevation rises steadily toward Second Hill, where the land breaks into a series of crests and hollows that define the horizon. To the east, the terrain descends toward the stillness of Lake Lillinonah, its waters holding the reflections of shifting skies with a mirror-like precision. The air here carries a crisp, inland weight, often cooled by the proximity of Clatter Valley, where the morning light lingers long enough to illuminate the dew-dampened grasses before the heat of the day takes hold.

Bridgewater maintains a deliberate pace, rooted in an agrarian heritage that favored the development of small, self-sustaining homesteads over the rapid expansion seen in more industrial corridors. While the local economy has evolved, the physical remnants of its past—weathered stone walls tracing the boundaries of long-fallow fields—remain as silent markers of a time when the harvest dictated the calendar. Residents often gather at Clatter Valley Park, a space that preserves the open, unhurried expanse of the local geography. Life in Bridgewater is defined by this understated continuity, where the absence of grand, artificial landmarks allows the subtle variations of the changing seasons to serve as the primary focus of the day.

About This Bridgewater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bridgewater, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.535095, -73.36623. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bridgewater includes the ZIP code (06752), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Regional School District 12).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.