Newtown, Connecticut

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municipality town

Newtown, Connecticut is a suburban town in Fairfield County known for its historic New England character and as the site of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sandy Hook, Connecticut	2
Newtown	1
Newtown Borough, Connecticut	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
adjacentTo	Bethel, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Bridgewater, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Brookfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Danbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Redding, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Southbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaCode	203 ⓘ 475 ⓘ
containsVillage	Botsford, Connecticut ⓘ Botsford, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Dodgingtown, Connecticut Hawleyville, Connecticut ⓘ Newtown, Connecticut self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Newtown Borough, Connecticut Newtown, Connecticut self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sandy Hook, Connecticut
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
dateOfIncorporation	1711 ⓘ
eventOccurredHere	Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ⓘ
governmentType	town meeting ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Newtown High School ⓘ Sandy Hook Elementary School ⓘ
hasHistoricCharacter	New England town center ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Newtown Borough Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark	Edmond Town Hall ⓘ Newtown Meeting House ⓘ Newtown Town Hall ⓘ The Flagpole (Newtown Main Street) ⓘ
knownFor	Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ⓘ historic New England character ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNearWaterbody	Lake Zoar NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Housatonic River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHighway	Connecticut Route 25 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut Route 34 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 84 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallyPartOf	Danbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Greater Danbury ⓘ
postalCode	06470 ⓘ 06482 ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
SandyHookShootingDate	2012-12-14 ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ
UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetStandardTime	UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easton, Connecticut → borderedBy → Newtown, Connecticut ⓘ

Redding, Connecticut, United States → borderedBy → Newtown, Connecticut ⓘ

subject surface form: Redding, Connecticut

Fairfield County, Connecticut → containsTown → Newtown, Connecticut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Newtown, Connecticut → containsVillage → Newtown, Connecticut self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Newtown, Connecticut → containsVillage → Newtown, Connecticut self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newtown Borough, Connecticut

Maria Cuomo Cole → notableWork → Newtown, Connecticut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newtown