Brookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,664 at the 2000 census. First settled in 1754 with the establishment of the Newbury Parish, which incorporated parts of neighboring Newtown and Danbury, the town of Brookfield was established in 1788. It was named after the first minister of the parish's Congregational church, Reverend Thomas Brooks.
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Brookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,664 at the 2000 census. First settled in 1754 with the establishment of the Newbury Parish, which incorporated parts of neighboring Newtown and Danbury, the town of Brookfield was established in 1788. It was named after the first minister of the parish's Congregational church, Reverend Thomas Brooks.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.4 square miles (52.8 km²), of which, 19.8 square miles (51.3 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it (2.94%) is water.
Other named minor communities and geographic locations in the town are: Brookfield Junction, Candlewood Lake East, Candlewood Shores, East Iron Works, Huckleberry Hill, Iron Works, Long Meadow Hill, Obtuse, Pokono Ridge, Prospect Hill, West Iron Works, and Whisconier.
Before the English settled the area, it was inhabited by the Potatuck Indians, members of the Algonquin...
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