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Brookfield Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It includes the 43-acre (17 ha) Brookfield Center Historic District around the intersection of Connecticut Routes 25 and 133, as well as surrounding residential neighborhoods.
In 1851 was founded the Essex Savings Bank located on the Main Street (today on the Plains Road), one of the oldest still functioning banks in Connecticut. [18] The Essex Art Association Gallery at 10 North Main St. was founded in 1946 by a group of avant-garde artists. It is open 1–5 PM daily during the summer months.
Bridgewater was one of the last remaining dry towns (Eastford is still a dry town) in Connecticut until voters approved the sale of alcohol in a 2014 referendum, by a 660–246 vote. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Bridgewater Country Fair is a popular annual event held every August, attracting visitors from all over New England and the Tri-state area.
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Both events are held at the fairgrounds at High Plains Community Center near the center of town. Orange was the site of one of the earliest computer camps, [27] [28] held at the local Amity Jr. High School in 1977. In the early nineteenth century, settlers from Orange founded Orange, Ohio, then part of Connecticut's Western Reserve.
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As home to the Cheney family silk fortune, Manchester was a center of the American silk industry from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, and was an integral component of not only the economy but success of the town. Today, the Cheney Brothers Historic District [12] showcases mills refurbished as apartments and includes nearby museums.
As of 2020, the ZIP Code has an average family income of $74,597, slightly below the Connecticut average of $79,855; the poverty rate is 14.5%, higher than the Connecticut total of 9.8%; 34.2% of the population has a Bachelor's degree or higher, below the state total of 40.0%; the ZIP code has an employment rate 65.4%, higher than the ...