Black Rock, Bridgeport As Bridgeport grew to be the largest city in Connecticut, Black Rock was absorbed into its city limits. Before Black Rock was incorporated into Bridgeport, there was also the community of Stratfield which has also been absorbed into modern Bridgeport. Stratfield was originally known as Pequonnock and was located about midway between Black Rock and the original settlement of Bridgeport. The cemetery known as Stratfield Burying Place is located here and has many of Black Rock's early settlers interred there. There are two historic districts in the neighborhood that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One
Bridgeport Charter Township, Michigan Bridgeport Charter Township, Michigan Bridgeport Charter Township is a charter township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2000 Census placed the township population at 11,709. The 2010 Census places the population at 10,514. Bridgeport Township was established in 1848. A sawmill was built there in 1849. By the mid-1860s there was also a shingle mill, three shingle factories and a salt well. By the 1880s the area had shifted to farming with the only mill being a grist mill built in 1878 by John and Martin Messner. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township