DANBURY, a town of the United States, in Fairfield county, Connecticut, situated on the Still river, a tributary of the Housatonic, about 53 miles N.N.E. of New York, with which it is connected by rail. Besides the county buildings, it has two national banks, nine churches, a public library, and a high school capable of accommodating 600 pupils. There is a monument, erected in 1854 to the memory of General Wooster, who was mortally wounded in 1777, when the town was burned by the English under General Tryon, and another, of more recent date, to commemorate the other citizens who perished on the same occasion. The principal industry is the manufacture of hats, which was introduced in 1780, and is carried on by ten separate companies; shirts are also largely produced, and sewing machines are constructed. The town, which was incorporated in 1696, had in 1870 a population of 8753, Its Indian name was Pahquioque.