Byram Connecticut Map

About Byram, Connecticut

Byram is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,493. The population density is 2193.1 people per km². Byram is located at 41.0043°N, 73.6537°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06830.

Byram asserts its presence where the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Byram River meets the cooling influence of the Atlantic tides. It lies 6.9 miles west-southwest of Stamford, CT (from Stamford, CT: bearing 240°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-southeast of Greenburgh. The landscape here unfolds with a quiet gravity, moving from the low-lying, marshy reaches of Hassock Meadow toward the brackish currents of Port Chester Harbor just a mile to the south. Within the immediate perimeter of Open Space #01, the earth retains a wilder, unkempt character, where the light at dusk catches the reeds and turns the water to the color of tarnished silver. To the north, the terrain gains a slight, deliberate elevation as one approaches the distant silhouette of Thealls Hill, while the occasional gray stone wall emerges from the second-growth woods, marking the silent boundaries of a former age.

Byram retains the weathered, industrious spirit of a place built upon the movement of goods and the labor of the riverbank. Once defined by the heavy machinery of mill life and the craft of shipbuilding, the local economy has shifted into a quieter, suburban existence, yet the old industrial bones remain visible in the brick facades that line the streets. Farwells Island sits like a sentinel in the distance, a reminder of the maritime geography that shaped the settlement’s early commerce. Even as the pace of life becomes more measured, the proximity to the water ensures that Byram never entirely loses its connection to the shifting tides, maintaining a character that is as much defined by the grit of its history as by the calm of its modern, leafy residential lanes.

About This Byram Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Byram, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.004264, -73.653738. 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 Byram includes the ZIP code (06830), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Greenwich School District).

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.