East Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place East Brookfield, please see the article East Brookfield (CDP), Massachusetts.

History
East Brookfield was first settled in 1664 as part of the Quabog Plantation lands. It became part of the new town of Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1673, and was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1920, making it the'newest'town (by date of incorporation) in Massachusetts. The town was the birth place of Connie Mack (baseball), the manager...

East Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place East Brookfield, please see the article East Brookfield (CDP), Massachusetts.

History
East Brookfield was first settled in 1664 as part of the Quabog Plantation lands. It became part of the new town of Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1673, and was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1920, making it the'newest'town (by date of incorporation) in Massachusetts. The town was the birth place of Connie Mack (baseball), the manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.4 square miles (26.9 km²), of which, 9.8 square miles (25.5 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (5.11%) is water. East Brookfield is bordered on the north by North Brookfield, Massachusetts, on the west by Brookfield, Massachusetts, on the south by Sturbridge, Massachusetts and Charlton, Massachusetts, and on the east by Spencer, Massachusetts.

Most community life in East Brookfield centers around Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), particularly the stretch closest to Lake Lashaway, on the road from Spencer to North Brookfield. Within a block of this stretch are found all of the town's churches, its school and former schools, most of its retail businesses and its current and former municipal office buildings. The latter is on Depot Square, a triangular crossroads near the post office and Redmans Hall, the site of the Senior Center and some town meetings.