Southport Connecticut Map

About Southport, Connecticut

Southport is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,797. The population density is 800.3 people per km². Southport is located at 41.1365°N, 73.2834°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06890.

Southport defines itself by the slow, deliberate current of the Mill River, which carves a path toward the horizon before the land yields to the distant reach of Smithtown Bay. It lies 4.6 miles west-southwest of Bridgeport, CT (from Bridgeport, CT: bearing 243°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-northeast of Norwalk. The elevation rises gradually toward Sasco Hill, a modest prominence that commands a view of the salt-tide flats and the marshy edges where the terrestrial world begins to fray. Within the boundaries of Southport Park, the earth holds a quiet composure, marked by the presence of dense thickets and the salt-heavy air that drifts inland. Further out, the silhouette of Wakeman Island lingers in the haze, a sentinel amidst the shifting waters, while the inland horizon is anchored by the deep, still basin of Hemlock Reservoir, five miles to the north.

Maritime commerce once served as the pulse of Southport, with sloops and schooners hauling produce and goods from the harbor to sustain a growing colonial trade. The architectural legacy remains in the heavy timber of saltbox dwellings and the austere geometry of brick facades, structures that have weathered centuries of coastal storms and changing seasons. Today, the economy has shifted from the shipping wharves to a quiet, residential gravity, where the pace is governed by the turning of the tides and the long, slanted light of the afternoon. Education and professional life now define the daily rhythm, yet the old industrial echoes persist in the stonework and the enduring layout of the streets, ensuring that Southport remains a place where the weight of the past is felt in every brick and tidal shift.

About This Southport Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Southport, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.136486, -73.283449. 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 Southport includes the ZIP code (06890), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Fairfield 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.