Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,272 at the 2000 census. Easton is among the most affluent communities on the eastern seaboard. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck.
The town is a small rural community situated amongst Redding, Monroe, Trumbull, Fairfield, Weston, and Newtown.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.6 square miles (74.2 km²), ...
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Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,272 at the 2000 census. Easton is among the most affluent communities on the eastern seaboard. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck.
The town is a small rural community situated amongst Redding, Monroe, Trumbull, Fairfield, Weston, and Newtown.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.6 square miles (74.2 km²), of which, 27.4 square miles (71.0 km²) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) of it (4.23%) is water.
Easton was first settled in 1757 by men from Fairfield. In 1762 a congregation called the North Fairfield Society was established, and it gradually evolved into Easton. In 1787 Weston, then including lands now defined as Easton, was incorporated from Fairfield. The area was slow to develop because of the rough hills along the Aspetuck River, and so it was not until 1845 that Easton was incorporated from Weston. Today, while close to the...
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