The southwestern border of Connecticut, where it abuts New York State, is marked by a panhandle in Fairfield County, containing the towns of Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and part of Norwalk.

There are not many details of Almagro's activities during this period, but it is known that he accompanied various sailors that left the city of Darien between 1514 and 1515, although Almagro eventually returned and settled in Darien and obtained an encomienda which helped him construct a house and make a living from agriculture.

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 drama film about a journalist ( played by Gregory Peck ) who goes undercover as a Jew to conduct research for an exposé on antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut.

Her sister Jane ( Jane Wyatt ) invites them to a celebration in her home in Darien, Connecticut, which is known to be a " restricted " community where Jews are not welcome.

Kathy owns a vacant cottage in Darien, but though Phil sees it as the obvious solution to Dave's problem, Kathy is unwilling to offend her neighbors by renting it to a Jewish family.

Darien is a masculine name ; variants include Darian and Darion.

The original suggestion for the South Sea scheme has sometimes been credited to Daniel Defoe, but it is more likely the idea originated with William Paterson, one of the founders of the Bank of England and the Darien Scheme, the disastrous failure of which contributed to Scotland agreeing to Unite with England.

The county seat is Darien.

One is at the intersection of US-17 and First Street in Darien, and the other is at the four-way stop intersection of US-17 and GA-99 in Eulonia.

The town is bounded on the north by Lewisboro and Pound Ridge in Westchester County, New York, on the east by Wilton, on the southeast by Norwalk, on the south by Darien and on the southwest and west by Stamford.

Ludowici, in southeast Georgia, is located from the coast and is nestled between the Georgia towns of Jesup, Darien, Hinesville / Ft.

Darien is a city in McIntosh County, Georgia.

Darien is located at ( 31. 371134, − 81. 430742 ).

In 1736 work was also begun on Fort Frederica, which is on St. Simons Island, a few miles south of Darien, between Darien and Cumberland Island.

The Village of Corfu lies at the south town line of the Town of Pembroke so that a small part of the village is in the Town of Darien.

The village is at the intersection of Routes NY-33 and NY-77 and is north of the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort and Darien Lakes State Park.

Darien is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States.

* Darien Lakes State Park – The state park is west of Darien Center on US-20.

Several people notable for their esteemed place in American history have called Darien home: Charles Lindbergh the late aviator, and his wife, author Anne Morrow Lindbergh lived on Tokeneke Trail.

People famous in other fields have also called Darien home: Leslie Groves – military head of the Manhattan Project, lived in town after the project ended.

Kiss drummer Peter Criss once had a home in Darien.

* Graham Masterton's novel Picture of Evil, also known as Family Portrait, was set, in part, in Darien, the home of the Gray family, which, like Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray, remain young while their counterparts in a family portrait grow old.

Frankenthaler had a home and studio in Darien, Connecticut.

He died at his son's home in Darien, Connecticut, and had been a resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey until his death.

By the early 1870s Kensett was spending considerable time at his home on Contentment Island, on Long Island Sound near Darien, Connecticut.

By the early 1870s Kensett was spending considerable time at his home on Contentment Island, on Long Island Sound near Darien, Connecticut.

Into the early 1900s, Darien was one of the largest ports for shipping lumber.

The club is the largest taxpayer in Darien, with an assessed property value ( equal to 70 percent of estimated value ) of $ 29. 8 million.

CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., owners of Darien Lake Theme Park Resort and Elitch Gardens, and Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation ( HFE ), the nation's largest family-owned theme park corporation, assumed the day-to-day management of both properties starting January 25, 2011.

The successful alternative hip-hop group also co-founded the Justus League collective, which features other important North Carolina emcees, including L. E. G. A. C. Y., The Away Team, Darien Brockington, Edgar Allen Floe, Chaundon, and Cesar Comanche.

Only a month into Darien Lake's season, however, Six Flags began pulling back the Justice League from Darien Lake, and announced that Darien Lake, along with eight other parks, was being considered for sale.

Darien is an affluent town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Darien was listed at # 9 on CNN Money's list of " top-earning towns " in the United States as of 2011.

In June 2012, 24 / 7 Wall St. ranked Darien as the 10th wealthiest school district in the United States.

* The Community Fund of Darien, formerly The Darien United Way and Community Council, traces its origins to 1924 and assumed its current name upon withdrawing from the national United Way system in 2006.

One infamous native of Darien is convicted rapist Alex Kelly, who fled the United States to escape prosecution.

Darien ( or ) is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

Darien is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

Location of Darien ( town ), WisconsinAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34. 1 square miles ( 88. 3 km² ), of which, 34. 0 square miles ( 88. 2 km² ) of it is land and 0. 04 square miles ( 0. 1 km² ) of it ( 0. 12 %) is water.

Darien Lake is a theme park resort located between Buffalo and Rochester in Corfu, New York, United States, south of the New York State Thruway ( I-90 ) on State Highway 77.

Darien Lakes State Park is a state park located in western Genesee County, New York, United States, near Darien Center, which is at the intersection of Routes US 20 and NY 77.

The MotoCoaster is Darien Lake's first launched coaster, and is Zamperla's first motorbike roller coaster to be installed in the United States, though a different model with horse theming was installed at Knott's Berry Farm at the same time.

* United States Navy Darien Exploring Expedition of the Isthmus of Panama 1854.

Friends of Animals ( FoA ) is an animal rights group based in Darien, Connecticut in the United States.

It is contained entirely in Fairfield County and includes all of Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, and Darien, as well as part of Norwalk and containing some of the most expensive residential real estate in the United States.

Hinsdale South High School, or HSHS, and locally referred to as " South ," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of 75th Street and Clarendon Hills Road in Darien, Illinois, a southwestern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The South campus draws its students from the nearby communities of Darien ( east of Lemont Rd.