North Brookfield is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

in Madison County,

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, United States. The community is east-northeast of

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

. North Brookfield has a

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with ZIP code 13418.

Notable people

Painter Deborah Goldsmith was born in North Brookfield. The prominent twentieth-century war correspondent

Maurice Hindus Maurice Gerschon Hindus () (February 27, 1891 – July 8, 1969), was a Russian-American writer, foreign correspondent, lecturer and authority on Soviet and Central European affairs. Background Maurice Hindus was born into one of four Jewish ...

attended high school there, and maintained a second home in the village until the end of his life.

References

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