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 Brooklyn - Brooklyn, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 47.274 W 071° 56.984
19T E 254888 N 4630433
An historical marker recounting the early history of the town of Brooklyn, CT is located on the west side of state Route 169 south of U.S. Route 6.
Waymark Code: WME07F
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2012
Views: 12
Brooklyn is s town in Windham County in the northeast part of Connecticut. After the 2000 census, the town had a population of 7,173. It has a total area of 29.1 square miles.
A blue and white roadside historical marker is located near the Brooklyn Town Green. It contains the seal of the State of Connecticut at the top and an image of the Charter Oak in the lower right corner. Each side of the marker contains the identical inscription:
BROOKLYN
Formerly Mortlake, first settled in 1703, made,
a town on the 2nd Thursday of may 1786.
Home of General Israel Putnam prior to
and after the Revolution.
Town landmarks include:
Meeting House on the Green, built 1771 by
First Ecclesiastical Society of Brooklyn
became Connecticut's first Unitarian Church
1816, with Samuel J. May as minister;
Old Trinity Church (Episcopal) on Church
Street, erected by Godfrey Malbone 1771;
former Windham County Courthouse,
built 1820, afterwards Town Hall, site in 1833
of trial of Prudence Crandall of Canterbury
for defying law restricting Negro education.
Brooklyn Fair is the nation's oldest
continuous agricultural fair, held annually
since 1852.
Erected by the
Brooklyn Historical Society, Inc.
and the
Connecticut Historical Commission.
1971
Marker Name: Brooklyn
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1971
Additional Information: Not listed
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