Talk:Southport, Connecticut

Map needed
The map currently in the article appears to show Southport in red, when in fact what is red-colored is the town of Fairfield, Connecticut. It led me to misunderstand, perhaps, the size of Southport, which relates to some discussion ongoing at Talk of List of RHPs in CT.

Anyhow, I am going to remove the current map, temporarily put in the somewhat larger map that is in the Fairfield article, and hereby call for someone to create a proper map showing the boundaries of Southport within Fairfield.... doncram (talk) 13:14, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Southport is not actually well-defined as one would hope. It existed briefly as a borough and I can probably use those boundaries (assuming I can quickly locate the Special Act creating the borough). We can also use the boundaries of the modern census tract, although that may or may not change with each census. --Polaron | Talk 13:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * , a new Google map created by Polaron.


 * Hey, Polaron, thanks! That map is great for showing approximate borders of the Southport Historic District (although not showing exclusion of commercial and industrial properties along Pequot Avenue within the area) and allowing comparison to former Borough area of Southport. doncram (talk) 06:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * If I may jump in, that map looks great. Have you thought about trying to make one through OpenStreetMap? They release their maps under a Creative Commons license, so they can be displayed in the articles instead of having to link to them from External Links, as Doncram has done. I created the map on Historic Districts in Meridian, MS using that site, so it works pretty well. Just throwing out that suggestion! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 07:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for jumping in! Dudemanfellabra refers to my adding Polaron's Google map as an external link in Southport Historic District] by this diff.  It would be really great, yes, for the Southport HD article and/or the Southport, Connecticut one, to have an explicit image included showing the relevant boundaries. Thanks! doncram (talk) 07:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Possible references




The book Southport: The Architectural Legacy of a Connecticut Village by J. Cigliano and R.G. Schwarz (Southport Conservancy, 1989) gives a detailed history of the village as it relates to the historic district and discusses specific houses, house plans and architectural styles. It also gives a map of the historic district and an index of historic buildings in the area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polaron (talk • contribs)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Blue Hills (Bloomfield) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 17:31, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Southport, Connecticut
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Southport, Connecticut's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Census 2020": From East Granby, Connecticut:  From Colchester, Connecticut:  From Sprague, Connecticut:  From Winchester, Connecticut:  From Brookfield, Connecticut:  From Norfolk, Connecticut:  From Rocky Hill, Connecticut:  From Glastonbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bethany, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Southbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Southington, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Madison, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Middlebury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Hamden, Connecticut: </li> <li>From North Haven, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Ridgefield, Connecticut: </li> <li>From East Haven, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Canton, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Berlin, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Marlborough, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Preston, Connecticut: </li> <li>From North Canaan, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Wallingford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Greenburgh, New York: </li> <li>From Stratford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From New Haven, Connecticut: </li> <li>From West Haven, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Griswold, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Ansonia, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Washington, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Trumbull, Connecticut: </li> <li>From New Fairfield, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Watertown, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Plainville, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bridgewater, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Naugatuck, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Farmington, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bethlehem, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Salem, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Lebanon, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Seymour, Connecticut: </li> <li>From East Lyme, Connecticut: </li> <li>From South Windsor, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Warren, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Sherman, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Goshen, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Lisbon, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Concord, New Hampshire: </li> <li>From Ledyard, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bethel, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Thompson, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Manchester, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Easton, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Canaan, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Barkhamsted, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Enfield, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Woodbridge, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Salisbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Lyme, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Danbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Old Lyme, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Plymouth, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Groton, Connecticut: </li> <li>From North Stonington, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Oxford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Orange, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bristol, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Branford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Greenwich, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Kent, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Montville, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Wilton, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Morris, Connecticut: </li> <li>From West Hartford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bloomfield, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Windsor Locks, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Cornwall, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Windsor, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Sharon, Connecticut: </li> <li>From New Hartford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Voluntown, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Granby, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Roxbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From New Canaan, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Stonington, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Manchester, New Hampshire: </li> <li>From Colebrook, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Wethersfield, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Darien, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Woodbury, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Waterford, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Bolton, Connecticut: </li> <li>From Redding, Connecticut: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 00:49, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon(s) with Pequot Library
I supported an edit-a-thon at the Pequot Library on June 25, so wanted to give notice for COI reasons, especially for that section, as library members were participating. They are also planning on having a follow-up event, possibly in September or October. Pharos (talk) 18:24, 17 August 2022 (UTC)