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ewtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the greater Danbury metropolitan area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705 and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,560.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2 Geography
2.1 Principal communities
3 Demographics
4 Parks and recreation
5 Government
5.1 Law enforcement
6 Landmarks
6.1 Edmond Town Hall
6.2 Cyrenius H. Booth Library
6.3 National Register of Historic Places
7 Economy
8 Education
9 Notable people
10 Notes
11 References
12 External links
History[edit]
Main article: History of Newtown, Connecticut
In 1705, English colonists purchased the Town site from the Pohtatuck Indians, a branch of the Pasgussett. It was originally known as Quanneapague. Settled by migrants from Stratford and incorporated in 1711, Newtown residents had many business and trading ties with the English. It was a stronghold of Tory sentiment during the early Revolutionary War. Late in the war, French General Rochambeau and his troops encamped here in 1781 during their celebrated march on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, which ended the Revolution.[citation needed]
An important crossroads throughout its early history, the village of Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center. The town's population grew to over 4,000 circa 1881. In the following decades, the population dwindled to a low of 2,635 in 1930 before again growing.[citation needed]
Local industry has included the manufacture of furniture, tea bags, combs, fire hoses, folding boxes, buttons, and hats, as well as farming, and mica and feldspar mining. The game of "Scrabble" was developed here by James Brunot.[3]
From the period of highway development and suburbanization following World War II, the town has developed as a suburb of Danbury, with many people also commuting to Norwalk, Stamford, and Bridgeport.
In November 1986, Helle Crafts was killed by her husband Richard Crafts in the infamous "Woodchipper Murder".
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[edit]
Main article: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his mother at home and then went to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he killed 26 people (20 children and 6 faculty and staff) before killing himself.[4] It was the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings.[5][6] |
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Nomer about to get himself banned again lmao |
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>NOONE literally just said he's better than me yet played line 3-4 for Carolina alright bud |
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All of the people on this forum that are supporting are on the Fargo Force roster except Zatter lol |
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lambent, i can speak on behalf of everyone on the fargo roster when saying we joined because kooby is a great owner, he had roster space, and would accept us joining. it's not like kooby came to my house and held me at gunpoint so i would sign to his team.
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log he did that to me... and made me call him daddy D;
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speak for yourself logaids |
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how about we paly for the last spot :)
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kool can run a team, why protest against him? |
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Kooby With The Roast
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kooby with dat roast doe |
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salty much? |
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ever since lam came into the jhl the jhl got worse because of his wall fights. |
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