Greater Bridgeport Greater Bridgeport Greater Bridgeport is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Bridgeport in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The area is located in Southwestern Connecticut and consists of the city of Bridgeport and five surrounding towns – Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, and Trumbull. The Bridgeport area has a population of more than 305,000. Greater Bridgeport is part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metropolitan statistical area, which consists of all of Fairfield County. The estimated 2015 county population was 948,053. The smallest official definition of Greater Bridgeport is the area under the authority of the Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency, which
Bridgeport, Alabama withdrew from the area, and the Bridgeport Land and Improvement Company went out of business. Frank Kilpatrick returned to Bridgeport in 1895, and managed to lure some industry to the city. The Mission Revival-style Bridgeport Depot was completed in 1917, and two hosiery mills were operating in the city by the 1920s. The construction of the nearby Widows Creek Power Plant by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1950s brought a small housing boom to the city. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (4.00%) is water. The