Old Lyme
| Old Lyme, Connecticut | ||
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 Location within New London County, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: 41°19′N 72°18′W / 41.317°N 72.300°WCoordinates: 41°19′N 72°18′W / 41.317°N 72.300°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Connecticut | |
| NECTA | Norwich-New London | |
| Region | Connecticut River Estuary | |
| Incorporated | 1855 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Selectman-town meeting | |
| • First selectwoman | Bonnie Reemsnyder (D) | |
| • Selectwoman | Mary Jo Nosal (D) | |
| • Selectman | Skip Sibley (R) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 28.8 sq mi (74.6 km2) | |
| • Land | 23.1 sq mi (59.8 km2) | |
| • Water | 5.7 sq mi (14.8 km2) | |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 7,603 | |
| • Density | 260/sq mi (100/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 06371 | |
| Area code(s) | 860 | |
| FIPS code | 09-57040 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0213483 | |
| Website | www |
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Old Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Main Street of the town, Lyme Street, is a historic district. The town has long been a popular summer resort and artists' colony. The town is named after Lyme Regis, England.
The US headquarters of Sennheiser is located in Old Lyme, as is Callaway Cars, the Florence Griswold Museum (including the Florence Griswold House), the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and the Lyme Art Association. Old Lyme and its neighboring town Lyme are the namesake for Lyme disease.
The town of Old Lyme contains several villages, including Black Hall, Laysville, Lyme, Soundview, and South Lyme. The total population of the town was 7,603 at the 2010 census.
Old Lyme is a community of about 7,600 permanent residents, in addition to several thousand seasonal vacationers who occupy a seaside community of summer residences. It is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River at its confluence with the Long Island Sound, across the river from Old Saybrook on the west bank. Numerous examples of Colonial and Federal architecture can be found throughout the town.
The town of Lyme was set off from Saybrook (now known as Deep River), which is on the west bank of the river mouth, on February 13, 1665. South Lyme was later incorporated from Lyme in 1855, then renamed Old Lyme in 1857 because it contains the oldest-settled portion of the "Lymes". Old Lyme occupies about 27 square miles (70 km2) of shoreline, tidal marsh, inland wetlands and forested hills. Its neighbor to the north is the town of Lyme, and to the east is East Lyme. Other placenames from the same root are Hadlyme (between Lyme and East Haddam) and South Lyme (a beach resort area of Old Lyme). The placename "Lyme" derives from Lyme Regis, a small port on the coast of Dorset, England, from which it is believed the early settlers migrated in the 17th century. The picturesque Old Lyme Cemetery contains the graves of the original settlers. The Duck River flows through the cemetery and into the Connecticut River at Watch Rock Park.
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