Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,051 at the 2000 census.

History
Brookfield was first settled in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1718. The town was settled by men from Ipswich, Massachusetts as part of the Quabog Plantation lands, though the settlers would be temporarily removed from the lands by attacks during King Philip's War. During the winter of 1776, Henry Knox passed through the town on his way to Boston with cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to end the Siege of Boston. A marker lies along Route 9 to commemorate the route.

The lands of the town have...

Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,051 at the 2000 census.

History
Brookfield was first settled in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1718. The town was settled by men from Ipswich, Massachusetts as part of the Quabog Plantation lands, though the settlers would be temporarily removed from the lands by attacks during King Philip's War. During the winter of 1776, Henry Knox passed through the town on his way to Boston with cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to end the Siege of Boston. A marker lies along Route 9 to commemorate the route.

The lands of the town have given rise to three other Brookfields - North Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1812, West Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1848, and East Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1920.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 16.6 square miles (42.9 km²), of which, 15.5 square miles (40.2 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²) of it (6.34%) is water. Brookfield is bounded on the northwest, north and east by towns that were formerly part of it: West Brookfield, Massachusetts, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and East Brookfield, Massachusetts, respectively; on the south by Sturbridge, Massachusetts and a short, 0.33 mi (0.53 km) stretch of Brimfield, Massachusetts; and on the southwest by Warren, Massachusetts. Brookfield is 18 miles west of Worcester, Massachusetts, 30 miles east-northeast of Springfield, Massachusetts, and 57 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts.

Geographically, the town is located in the southwest part of Worcester County, along the Quabog River. The river is lied by swampy lands, and several areas around it are protected as wildlife management areas. Along the East Brookfield border lie two large ponds which are part of the river, the Quabog Pond to the north and Quacumquasit Pond to the south, extending into Sturbridge. There are also several small brooks running into these waterways, and the land around the town is mostly flat, with some small hills in the southern half of town.