A not-for-profit association formed to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Cos Cob Connecticut.
Did You Know?
We're small in size but big in heart!
We're small in size but big in heart!
We're small in size but big in heart!
Cos Cob covers a little over 2 square miles and has around 7000 residents!
A theory about the Cos Cob name:
We're small in size but big in heart!
We're small in size but big in heart!
The native name of the Mianus River is Kechkawes. If a Dutch person pronounced this it would sound like cake-a-vess, for an english person it could sound like kech-ka-wess or koch-koss. So, Cos Cob could be named for the branch of the Keckkawes we're on. Interesting to note: the inlet which reaches to the Post Road is the most distinguis
The native name of the Mianus River is Kechkawes. If a Dutch person pronounced this it would sound like cake-a-vess, for an english person it could sound like kech-ka-wess or koch-koss. So, Cos Cob could be named for the branch of the Keckkawes we're on. Interesting to note: the inlet which reaches to the Post Road is the most distinguishing geological feature of the area known as Cos Cob!
- Missy Wolfe, Greenwich Historian
We once got a train for Christmas!
We're small in size but big in heart!
We once got a train for Christmas!
On Christmas Day, 1848, the last rails were laid over the Cos Cob Bridge, thereby supplying the last link needed to complete the railroad from New Haven to New York!
We love our schools!
We're small in size but big in heart!
We once got a train for Christmas!
Cos Cob is the proud home of Cos Cob School and Central Middle School!