Located in the northwest corner of the city, it borders the Milltown section of Southeast, New York to the west and the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut, to the north.

More specifically, it is derived from King Street in Greenwich, which is similarly located in the westernmost section of town, on the border of New York.

[2]: 36  In a now famous letter from President Thomas Jefferson, in response to the Danbury Baptists, he provided reassurance that their religious liberties shall be protected, using the phrase "wall of separation" between church and state.

[11] Like the other rural districts in Danbury of the time, King Street was appointed its own one-room school for the children in the community.

[13] The Danbury Museum and Historical Society would acquire the school in the 1960s,[14] leading to its relocation to a property south of Rogers Park, where it is today.

[18] At the heart of the community is the King Street Campus, at which the students in the neighborhood attend either the public primary or intermediate school.