Nichols

Fairfield County, United States

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Nichols is a historic village in southeastern Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, named after a family that operated a large farm at its center for nearly three centuries. Originally inhabited by the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation before English colonization in the 1630s as part of Stratford's coastal settlement, the village developed Greek Revival architecture during its early period. The construction of the Merritt Parkway through Nichols in 1939 transformed it into a bedroom community, closing local stores and factories. The Nichols Farms Historic District, encompassing part of the village, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The village is notably connected to aviation history: Igor Sikorsky, the pioneering aircraft designer and helicopter engineer, lived in three separate homes here between 1928 and 1951 while developing fixed-wing aircraft and achieving the first mass production of helicopters.