The Pequonnock River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km)[1] waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut. Its watershed is located in five communities, with the majority of it located within Monroe, Trumbull, and Bridgeport. The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since the removal of a retention dam in Trumbull in the 1950s.[2] There seems to be a sharp difference of opinion among historians as to just what the Indian word Pequonnock signifies. Some insist it meant cleared field or open ground; others are sure it meant broken ground; while a third group is certain it meant place of slaughter or place of destruction.[3][4]
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2011-04-01.
^"THE WEEK; Towns Seek Flood-Prevention Solutions". The New York Times. 6 May 2007.
^Elsie Nicholas Danenberg, The Story of Bridgeport, The Bridgeport Centennial, Inc., 1936, p. 20
^Dorothy Seeley, Tales of Trumbull's Past, Trumbull Historical Society, 1984, p. 337
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