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The Borough of Newtown occupies about 1,252 acres (5.07 km 2) (or roughly two square miles) in the central part of town. Incorporated in 1824 by an act of the Connecticut General Assembly, it is one of only nine remaining boroughs in the state. The borough adopted zoning for the town center long before the rest of the community.
According 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. 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. [10]
Sandy Hook was founded in 1711 [3] when several proprietors with land in the area relocated together to reduce isolation. Within a year of the settlement of Newtown, some of its proprietors began moving away from the central village to some of their larger parcels.
Botsford is a village of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town of Newtown has one political body, but consists of multiple geographic subdivisions. It currently contains a fire department and post office. [1] [2] CT 25 runs along the western part of the village.
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Hattertown takes its name from the hat-manufacturing trade around which the village grew in the early 19th century."Hatting" was a major economic activity in western Connecticut in the 19th century, having started in Danbury in about 1780.
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After skirting a private property lot it generally travel north and west along the Paugussett State Forest upper block boundary. The Lillinonah Trail traverses several high river bank ridges with scenic views of the Housatonic River though they may be obscured by foliage, particularly in the summer. This 3.2 mile section of the trail near the ...