Brooklyn, Connecticut
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Brooklyn is a
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in Windham County,
Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 8,450 at the 2020 census. The town center village is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a
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. The district of East Brooklyn is listed as a separate census-designated place.


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.58%) is water.


History

Brooklyn was settled in the late 17th century and incorporated as its own town in 1786. It is named for the Quinebaug River, or Brook Line, which forms its eastern boundary. Brooklyn was originally land of the Wabaquasset. It was incorporated as a town separate from Canterbury and Pomfret in May 1786. It is home to the Brooklyn Fair, America's oldest continuously operating agricultural fair, as well as the Brooklyn Correctional Institution, a state-run medium security
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. Brooklyn held the 1833 trial of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher charged with the crime of educating black female students in nearby
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. Brooklyn is the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. Though he was originally buried in an above ground tomb in Brooklyn's South Cemetery, his remains had to be moved due to excessive visitors. In 1888, a statue of Putnam mounted on a horse was erected, and his sarcophagus placed in the foundation. The statue stands slightly south of the town green, in front of the post office. Brooklyn is also home of the Middle School Bobcats and Elementary School Bears. The town historical society operates the Brooklyn Historical Society Museum, which includes the Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office.


Villages

*Allen Hill *Barrett Hill * Brooklyn Center * Bush Hill * East Brooklyn *Quebec *Stetson's Corners *Tatnic Hill *West Village * West Wauregan


National Register of Historic Places

* Brooklyn Green Historic District – (added October 23, 1982) * Bush Hill Historic District – (added March 10, 1987). * Putnam Farm – Spaulding Road (added April 11, 1982) * Trinity Church – Church Street (added November 15, 1970) * Unitarian Meetinghouse – (added December 9, 1972) * Quinebaug Mill-Quebec Square Historic District – Roughly bounded by Quinebaug River, Quebec Square, Elm and South Main Streets (added August 29, 1985).


Education

Residents are served by the Brooklyn School District's Brooklyn Elementary School (K–4) and Brooklyn Middle School (5–8). Many Brooklyn high school students attend Woodstock Academy; Woodstock was designated as one of Brooklyn's high schools since 1987. Many Brooklyn high school students attend Killingly High School in Danielson. Some students attend H.H. Ellis Technical High School, or the Norwich Free Academy.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2010, there were 8,244 people, 3,001 households, and 2,105 families residing in the town. There were 3,247 housing units at an average density of 92.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 92.7%
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, 2.9%
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, 0.3% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0%
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, 1.8% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4% of the population. There were 3,001 households, out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were
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living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24% under the age of 20, 5.5% from 20 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 36.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. The median income as of the 2000 Census for a household in the town was $49,756, and the median income for a family was $60,208. Males had a median income of $39,246 versus $28,889 for females. The
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for the town was $20,359. About 4.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the
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, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.


Notable people

* David Low Dodge, manager of the first cotton factory in Connecticut and one of the founders of the New York Bible Society and the New York Tract Society, was born in town * Waldo Hutchins, a U.S. Representative and member of Democratic Party from New York *
Samuel J. May Samuel Joseph May (September 12, 1797 – July 1, 1871) was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and Abolitionism in the United States, abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all ...
, minister and supporter of Prudence Crandall's boarding school for African American females * Elijah Paine (1757–1842), a Federalist U.S. senator from Vermont (1795–1801) was born in town * Adelaide Ward Peckham (1848–1944), bacteriologist, born in town * Israel Putnam, a general in the Revolutionary War and a legendary figure in his day, had a farm in Brooklyn, where he died in 1790, and was buried in an above-ground tomb in Brooklyn's South Cemetery * John Day Putnam, Democratic member of the
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* Michael Bruce Ross (1959–2005) was a serial killer raised on a farm near Brooklyn


Climate

The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the
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system, Brooklyn has a
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, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Brooklyn, Connecticut
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References


External links


Town of Brooklyn, CT
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