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Bridgeport is a city in Fairfield County.

It is the county seat.

The community was named for the first drawbridge over the river.

The latitude of Bridgeport is 41.166N. The longitude is -73.205W.

It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 3 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 139,664.

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Median household income

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$34,658

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

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Bridgeport is on the Pequonnock River and Long Island Sound

P.T. Barnum and Tom Thumb are buried here. Barnum served as mayor of Bridgeport

The city has lost much of its old industrial base in recent decades. The site of a factory complex that once made valves and meters is now occupied by Harbor Yard Ballpark, which opened in 1998

Pie tins from the local Frisbie Pie Company were tossed by Yale students in the 1800s.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 1,365. The number of murders and homicides was 15. The violent crime rate was 9.7 per 1,000 people.

Well-known residents have included:
· Frederick Schraeder, inventor of the inner tube
· Brian Dennehy, actor
· Robert Mitchum, actor
· Richard Belzer, comedian
· John Ratzenberger, actor (Cliff Claven on "Cheers")
· Harvey Hubbell, inventor of the pull chain for electric lights

Performing arts: Bridgeport Symphony

Bridgeport attractions: Captain's Cove Seaport, Beardsley Zoological Gardens

Sports teams: Bluefish (minor league baseball), Sound Tigers (AHL)

Historic sites and museums: Barnum Museum, Discovery Museum, Housatonic Museum of Art

Colleges and universities: University of Bridgeport, Butler Business School, Housatonic Community-Technical College, St Vincents College

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Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 125

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Quotes:
Blocks and blocks of red brick buildings house the mills and factories that turn the wheels of Bridgeport.
-- An American Notebook
Philip Hamburger

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Bridgeport 1903 Main St looking n. from just above State St	St. Mary's by the Sea

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