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About Easton
Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The
population was 7,272 at the 2000 census. Easton is among the most affluent
communities on the eastern seaboard.
Easton was first settled in 1757 by men from Fairfield. In 1762 a congregation
called the North Fairfield Society was established, and it gradually evolved
into Easton. In 1787 Weston, then including lands now defined as Easton, was
incorporated from Fairfield. The area was slow to develop because of the rough
hills along the Aspetuck River, and so it was not until 1845 that Easton was
incorporated from Weston. Today, while close to the New York metropolitan area,
Easton remains a quiet and even rural residential town. Half of the town's
property is owned by the Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut, the major
supplier of water in the area.
On June 1, 1968, the deaf and blind activist Helen Keller passed away at the age
of 87 in her Easton, Connecticut home, where she chose to spend her final days.
Easton has two schools, Samuel Staples Elementary school, which takes children
grades K-5,and Helen Keller Middle School, which takes children grades 6-8. High
school students go to Joel Barlow High School in Redding.