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Beacon Falls is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,246 at the 2000 census. The population increased to 6,049 at the 2010 census. Beacon Falls is also home to the national-known Meteorologist Jim Cantore and U.S. Congressman Ronald A. Sarasin. Settlers from Derby, Connecticut settled Beacon Falls in 1678. The town was incorporated in 1871 on lands carved from the neighboring towns of Bethany, Seymour, Naugatuck and Oxford. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (1.01%) is water. The village of Pine Bridge, once known as Pines Bridge, is located within the town, south of the town center. Beacon Falls has been known as Beacon Falls Station, Beacon Falls Village, and the Beacon Falls Postal District within Bethany.〔Geographic Names Information System database〕〔"The Valley of the Naugatuck", National Magazine, January 1858, pg 11-20〕〔"Indians of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Valleys", Samuel Orcutt, Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, pg 44, 1882〕 The Beacon Falls (Metro-North station) is on the Waterbury branch of the New Haven line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beacon Falls, Connecticut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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