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Smaller communities include Camelot, Head of Meadow (not necessarily related to Head O'Meadow Elementary School), Hopewell, Huntingtown, Lands End, Middle Gate, Palestine, and Taunton.Īs of the 2020 census, the total population was 27,179 in 9,934 households.

Newton county water department code#

Sandy Hook (ZIP code 06482) (including Berkshire, Riverside, Walnut Tree Hill, and Zoar communities).The state's fifth largest town in area, it is bordered by Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Easton, Monroe, Oxford, Redding and Southbury. Newtown is located in northern Fairfield County, about 45 mi (72 km) southwest of Hartford and about 42 mi (68 km) northeast of New York City. The northeastern border of the town is a natural border that follows the Housatonic River.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 59.1 sq mi (153 km 2), of which 57.8 sq mi (150 km 2) is land and 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km 2), or 2.22%, is water. The event reignited a debate regarding access to firearms by people with mental illness and gun laws in the United States. Lanza suffered from severe mental illness which was left untreated. He committed suicide when police arrived at the school. On Decem, Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother in her home and then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he killed 20 children and six adult staff. Main article: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting The Smith family purchased the newspaper in 1881 and has continuously operated it since that time. The local newspaper, The Newtown Bee has been the hometown media outlet since June 1877, under Publisher John Pearce of Bethel.

įrom 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. The game of ' Scrabble' was developed here by James Brunot. 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. In the following decades, the population dwindled to a low of 2,635 in 1930 before again growing. The town's population grew to over 4,000 c. Īn important crossroads throughout its early history, the village of Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center. Late in the war, French General Rochambeau and his troops encamped there in 1781 during their celebrated march on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, which ended the Revolution. It was a stronghold of Tory sentiment during the early Revolutionary War. Settled by migrants from Stratford and incorporated in 1711, Newtown residents had many business and trading ties with the English. In 1705, English colonists purchased the Townsite from the Pohtatuck Indians, a branch of the Pasgussett. Main article: History of Newtown, Connecticut