| Byram, Connecticut | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | U.S. state |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fairfield |
| Subdivision Type3: | NECTA |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
| Subdivision Type4: | Region |
| Subdivision Name4: | Western CT |
| Subdivision Type5: | Town |
| Subdivision Name5: | Greenwich |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.23 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.16 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.861 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.798 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.063 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 4146 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern |
| Area Code: | 203 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 09-10660 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2631559 |
Byram is a neighborhood/section and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It had a population of 4,146 at the 2010 census,[1] and a census-estimated population of 4,216 in 2018.[2] An endcap of Connecticut's Gold Coast, Byram is the southernmost point in the town of Greenwich and the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is separated from Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, by the Byram River. Byram was once known as East Port Chester.
The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.
Byram Quarry, now closed, supplied stone for the Brooklyn Bridge, the base of the Statue of Liberty and St. Roch Church.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, Byram has a total area of, of which is land and, or 7.32%, is water.[4]
As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Bryam is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district.[5] The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.
A scene from the movie The Good Shepherd was shot in Byram.[6] [7]
Byram has three sites on the National Register of Historic Places: