Bridgeport, Connecticut Lottery Bridge across the Pequonnock, connecting the wharves on its east and west banks. Bridgeport Bank was established in 1806. In 1821, the township of Bridgeport became independent of Stratford. The West India trade died down around 1840, but by that time the Bridgeport Steamship Company (1824) and Bridgeport Whaling Company (1833) had been incorporated and the Housatonic Railroad chartered (1836). The HRRC ran upstate along the Housatonic Valley, connecting with Massachusetts's Berkshire Railroad at the state line. Bridgeport was chartered as Connecticut's fifth city in 1836 in order to enable the town council to secure funding (ultimately $150,000) to
Bridgeport, Illinois new consolidated school became the Salukis. There is also an elementary school in Bridgeport called BGS, or Bridgeport Grade School. Bridgeport, Illinois Bridgeport is a city in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,168 at the 2000 census. Bridgeport is located att (38.710006, -87.758573). According to the 2010 census, Bridgeport has a total area of , of which (or 97.67%) is land and (or 2.33%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,168 people, 871 households, and 585 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,024.0 people per square mile (782.3/km²). There were