Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 65 miles northeast of New York City. Danbury's population at the 2010 census was 80,893.Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City" because it was the center of the American hat industry for a period in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mineral danburite is named for Danbury while the city itself is named for Danbury in Essex, England.Danbury is home to... Show more

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