Southport, Connecticut

About Southport

Southport is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Connecticut.

Southport holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.87 square miles.

📰 Southport News Today

• Southport, Connecticut Village Waterfront Artnet · Aug 14
• Welcome to Paradise: Inside Southport avenuemagazine.com · Mar 25
• Douglas Munro Stevenson Obituary (2026) - Southport, CT - Lawrence Funeral Home - Darien Legacy obituary · Jul 27
• 1 dead after climbing on top of train, coming into contact with electrified overhead wires at Southport station WTNH.com · Jun 25
• Southport Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Southport Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Southport — but the Connecticut one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Southport

• Hungry Pot — chinese
• Mama Chow — noodles
• Martel Bistro & Bar — french
• Paci Restaurant — italian
• Pane e Bene
• Athena Diner — diner
• Safita — middle eastern
• Southport Brewing Company
• The Grey Goose
• Toscano Pizzeria — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Southport

• Wakeman Boys & Girls Club reviews ★
• Acorn Lane Uplands Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hulls Highway-Arbor Drive Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Old Dam Road Marsh Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Old Field Marsh Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Palmers Neck Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Perry"s Green reviews ★
• Peter's Gate Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Pine Creek Avenue Playground reviews ★
• Pine Creek Marsh · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Rugby Park reviews ★
• Sasco Creek Marsh Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Southport

• Mill Hill School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Southport

🏘️ Nearby Communities