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Brookfield is west of Milwaukee in Waukesha County in an area originally inhabited by Potawatomi Indians. [6] The first white settler, William Howe, arrived in 1820 with a Presidential Land Grant giving him title to the area.
The municipality of Broomfield was incorporated in 1961 in the southeastern corner of Boulder County. Researchers speculate the city was named for the sorghum grown in the area, also known as broomcorn, which farmers sold to manufacturers of brooms and whisk brooms. [11]
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Brookfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1718. The town was settled by men from Ipswich as part of the Quaboag Plantationlands. In August 1675, King Philip's Warreached central Massachusetts. Brookfield, one of the most isolated settlements in the colony, was attacked by Nipmuck forces. After an ambush, t...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43 km2), of which 15.5 square miles (40 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), or 6.34%, is water. Brookfield is bounded on the northwest, north and east by towns that were formerly part of it: West Brookfield, North Brookfield, and East Brookfield, r...
By the 2010 census, the population had reached 3,390. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,051 people, 1,204 households, and 857 families residing in the town. The population density was 196.5 inhabitants per square mile (75.9/km2). There were 1,302 housing units at an average density of 83.9 per square mile (32.4/km2). The racial makeup of the t...
The public library in Brookfield began in the 1860s.In fiscal year 2008, the town of Brookfield spent 1.49% ($106,066) of its budget on its public library—approximately $35 per person.
Brookfield Elementary School, serving grades K–6, has its own school committee, part of School Union 61. Brookfield students attend Tantasqua Regional Junior High School (grades 7–8) and Tantasqua Regional High School in Sturbridge. Union 61 and the Tantasqua district share administrators, including the superintendent, and both include Brimfield, B...
John Brooks, Jr., military officer during the War of 1812In 1836, the Brookfield area became part of Milwaukee County in the Territory of Wisconsin. First Settlement The first white settler, William Howe, arrived in 1820 with a Presidential Land Grant giving him title to the area.
Brookfield was originally inhabited by Sac and Potawatomi Native Americans. They were displaced by white settlers in the early nineteenth century. Most of Brookfield’s first white settlers were New Yorkers or German. The name itself comes from the community of Brookfield, New York.
The City of Brookfield is located in the northeast corner of Waukesha County. It is north of New Berlin, south of Menomonee Falls, and east of Pewaukee. According to the U.S. Census, the City of Brookfield had almost thirty-eight thousand residents in 2010.
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Brookfield was originally granted to persons from Ipswich, in Essex county, and it was long a connecting link between the eastern towns and those on the Connecticut. North Brookfield, Warren and part of New Braintree, were taken from Brookfield.
