Info for Bethel Limousine Service in Connecticut
Bethel is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA, about sixty miles from New York City. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 18,067.
The town is easily accessible from Interstate 84 and has a train station on Metro-North's New Haven line.
- P. T. Barnum was born in Bethel and built a house there, which has been added onto and has become a children's day care center
- The bicycle manufacturer Cannondale and battery manufacturer Duracell are both headquartered in Bethel.
- Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore is from Bethel.
- Actress Meg Ryan is from Bethel.
- In 1934, Rudolph Kunett started the first vodka distillery in the U.S. after purchasing rights to the recipe from the exiled Smirnoff family.
- Bethel High School is home to an award-winning NJROTC unit.
History
For 96 years, until its secession in 1855, Bethel was a parish of what would later become Danbury. The name "Bethel" means "House of El (God)".