Brookfield, Connecticut

Brookfield, Connecticut
Brookfield Town Hall
Brookfield Town Hall
Official seal of Brookfield, Connecticut
Motto: 
"Pro Patria"
Brookfield's location within Fairfield County and Connecticut
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Coordinates: 41°28′07″N 73°23′31″W / 41.46861°N 73.39194°W / 41.46861; -73.39194
CountryUnited States
U.S. stateConnecticut
CountyFairfield
RegionWestern CT
Incorporated1788
Government
 • TypeSelect board-town meeting
 • First selectmanStephen C. Dunn (D)
 • SelectmanRobert D. Belden (I)
 • SelectwomanTara S. Carr (R)
Area
 • Total20.4 sq mi (52.8 km2)
 • Land19.8 sq mi (51.3 km2)
 • Water0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Elevation
459 ft (140 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total17,528
 • Density806.5/sq mi (311.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
06804
Area code(s)203/475
FIPS code09-08980
GNIS feature ID0213399
Websitewww.brookfieldct.gov

Brookfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.[1] The population was 17,528 at the 2020 census.[2] The town is located 55 miles (89 km) northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA combined statistical area.[3] The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. In July 2013, Money magazine ranked Brookfield the 26th-best place to live in the United States, and the best place to live in Connecticut.[4]

Colonists settled in what is now known as Brookfield in 1710, led by John Muirwood and other colonial founders including Hawley, Peck and Merwin. They bartered for the land from the Wyantenuck and the Potatuck Nations who were ruled under the Sachems Waramaug and Pocono. Sachem Pocono's village was in an enormous palisade along the Still River. Colonists first established the area as the Parish of Newbury, incorporating parts of neighboring Newtown and Danbury. The parish later was renamed and incorporated as the town of Brookfield in 1788, named for Rev. Thomas Brooks, the first minister of the parish's Congregational church.

  1. ^ "Brookfield, CT - 06804 - Real Estate Market Data - NeighborhoodScout". www.neighborhoodscout.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "United States Census Bureau QuickFacts Brookfield town, Fairfield County, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 23-01" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. July 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "USA/CT Town Ranking 2013 - Brookfield, CT". Money Magazine. Retrieved May 3, 2022.