Etymology
The land holdings of John Green, one of the first five settlers, known collectively as the Bankside Farmers, were known as Green's Farm by 1699. In 1732 the area was officially renamed Green's Farms.
Within the area of Greens Farms is Frost Point named after one of the other Bankside Farmers Daniel Frost.
Greens Farms is rarely spelled in its original form, Green's Farms.
The First Congregational Church of Green's Farms, Green's Farms Railroad Station and The New York Times all use the apostrophe in the neighborhood name, which is used about half of the time. The Town of Westport, Connecticut state government and local newspapers do not.
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