About Old Saybrook Center
Old Saybrook Center, CT is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Connecticut.
Old Saybrook Center holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.97 square miles.
📰 Old Saybrook Center News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Old Saybrook Center Unique
- The only place in America named Old Saybrook Center — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Old Saybrook Center
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🍽️ Where to Eat in Old Saybrook Center
- Aspen
- Fresh Salt — seafood
- Jack Rabbits — burger
- Liv's Oyster Bar — seafood
- Nori — sushi
- The Side Door Jazz Club
- Back Porch — seafood
- Paperback Cafe (café)
- Pizza Works — pizza
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Florence Griswold Museum · Museum
- Lyme Art Association · Museum
- Old Lyme Historical Society · Museum
- Lyme Art Association Gallery · Art gallery
- Nut Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Old Saybrook Center
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Old Saybrook Center
- Center School
- Kathleen E. Goodwin School
- Lyme-Old Lyme High School
- Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
- Mile Creek School
- Old Saybrook Middle School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.