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Brookfield may refer to: Australia * Brookfield, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane *Brookfield, Victoria Canada * Brookfield, Manitoba, on Manitoba Highway 11 * Brookfield, Newfoundland and Labrador * Brookfield, Nova Scotia * Brookfield, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario * Brookfield, Prince Edward Island New Zealand * Brookfield, New Zealand, a suburb of Otumoetai in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty * Brookfield Outdoor Education Centre, Wellington, a Scouts Aotearoa camp site which has hosted the New Zealand Rover moot United Kingdom * Brookfield, Derbyshire, a location in Derbyshire, England * Brookfield, Preston, in Lancashire, England * Brookfield, Middlesbrough, a location in Middlesbrough, England *Brookfield, Renfrewshire, Scotland * Brookfield, a neighbourhood of Robroyston, Glasgow, Scotland * Brookfield, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland United States * Brookfield, Colorado, a place in Baca County, Colorado * ...
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Brookfield, Queensland
Brookfield is a rural residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brookfield had a population of 3,640 people. Geography Brookfield is located approximately west of the Brisbane CBD. Brookfield lies approximately north of the Brisbane River. Moggill Creek flows through Brookfield and joins the Brisbane River at Kenmore. Brookfield is a rural residential suburb consisting primarily of large acreage properties and luxury homes. Although there are a small number of farms, the vast majority of property is residential. Moggill Road passes through the southernmost tip of the suburb and Moggill Creek marks part of the suburb's eastern boundary. North of Brookfield are the forested hills and mountains in D'Aguilar National Park. The centre of Brookfield is on the intersection of Brookfield Road and Boscombe Road. The Brookfield General Store, Brookfield Public Hall, Brookfield Showground, Brookfield Cemetery, Bro ...
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Brookfield, Massachusetts
Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Brookfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. The population was 3,439 at the 2020 census. History 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 Plantation lands. In August 1675, King Philip's War reached central Massachusetts. Brookfield, one of the most isolated settlements in the colony, was attacked by Nipmuck forces. After an ambush, the town was besieged. For two days the townsfolk, consisting of 80 people, sought shelter in the garrison house while the rest of the town was completely destroyed. The settlement lay abandoned for twelve years. During the winter of 1776, General Henry Knox passed through the town with cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to end the Siege of Boston. A marker along Route 9 commemorates his route. Bathsheba Spooner In March 1778, Joshua Spooner, a wealthy farme ...
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Brookfield, Indiana
Brookfield is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Brookfield had its start in the early 1850s, when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office was established at Brookfield in 1859 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904. Geography Brookfield is located at . References

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Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield Zoo Chicago, known until 2024 as simply Brookfield Zoo, and also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in Brookfield, Illinois. Brookfield Zoo is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and is managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. It is largest zoo in the Chicago metropolitan area and houses approximately 511 species of animals in an area of . Brookfield Zoo opened on July 1, 1934, and quickly gained international recognition for using moats and ditches instead of cages. The zoo was also the first in the United States to exhibit giant pandas, one of which ( Su Lin) has been taxidermied and put on display in Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. In 1960 the zoo opened the first fully indoor bottlenose dolphin exhibit in the United States, and in the 1980s the zoo introduced the first fully indoor tropical rainforest simulation exhibit, which was the largest indoor zoo exhibit in the world at that time. It is often listed a ...
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Brookfield, Illinois
Brookfield (formerly Grossdale) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located west of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 19,476. The city is home to the Brookfield Zoo. History Before 1803, the area now called Brookfield was mostly covered by prairie grasses, forests, and farms. Large portions of the area were inhabited by the Native Americans who long ago developed agriculture and corn cultivation, built villages and burial mounds, invented the bow and arrow, and made beautiful pottery. Settlement of the village dates to 1889 when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer turned real estate investor, began selling building lots plotted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line, which provided passenger and freight service between Chicago and Aurora, Illinois. "Grossdale", as his development was originally called, offered suburban living at prices aff ...
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Brookfield, Georgia
Brookfield is an unincorporated community in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 82, east-southeast of Tifton. Brookfield has a post office with ZIP code 31727. History Brookfield had its start in 1870 when a sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ... was established there. A post office has been in operation at Brookfield since 1874. The community was so named for a brook near the original town site. References Unincorporated communities in Tift County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{TiftCountyGA-geo-stub ...
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List Of Places In Delaware
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Delaware also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable. See also *List of cities in Delaware *List of counties in Delaware * List of hundreds of Delaware References USGS Fips55 database {{United States topic , title = Lists of places in the United States by political division , prefix = List of places in Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
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Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut)
The Brookfield Center Historic District in Brookfield, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the vicinity of the junction of Route 133 and Route 25. The district represents the original settlement of the town of Brookfield and contains 67 residential, religious, and municipal buildings over a area representing a wide range of architectural styles from the 18th to 20th centuries including Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. The district includes the old town hall, the Congregational Church of Brookfield, Saint Joseph Church & Elementary School, Center Elementary School (Public), the former general store (now a real estate agency), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the surrounding residential neighborhood.History of Brookfield
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Brookfield Center, Connecticut
Brookfield Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ..., United States. It includes the Brookfield Center Historic District around the intersection of Connecticut Routes 25 and 133, as well as surrounding residential neighborhoods. Brookfield Center was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. References Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Census-designated places in Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub ...
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Brookfield, Connecticut
Brookfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshires, Berkshire Mountains. The population was 17,528 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town is located northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area#Combined statistical area, New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA combined statistical area. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Western Connecticut Planning Region. In July 2013, Money (magazine), ''Money'' magazine ranked Brookfield the 26th-best place to live in the United States, and the best place to live in Connecticut. Colonists settled in what is now known as Brookfield in 1710, led by John Muirwood and other colonial founders including Hawley, Peck and Merwin. They bartered for the land from the Wawyachtonoc, Wyantenuck and the Potatuck, Potatuck Nations who were ruled under the Sachems Waramaug and Pocono. Sach ...
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