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Situated on Cos Cob Harbor on Long Island Sound, the community's role as a commercial shipping port, supplying potatoes and apples to New York City disappeared with the railroad and damming of the Mianus River to provide water to it. The latitude of Cos Cob is 41.033N. The longitude is -73.6W. The neighborhood has only one zip code, 06807 and one delivery post office. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos_Cob%2C_Connecticut -
The name is derived from the Coe family. One Robert Coe moved to the Stamford plantation in 1641 and became one of it's leading figures. At about the same time, he encouraged a cousin (John Coe) to sail from England and settle at the mouth of the Mianus River where he was granted 5 acres of land. John built a sea wall at the mouth of the river to protect low lying lands and to provide a safe moorage for small craft. A sea wall at that time was referred to as a "cob" -- and thus it became Coes' cob, and eventually shortened to Cos Cob. Posting Comment...
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