Convenient retail businesses and professional services are centrally located and close to its town hall, library, and post office.

Both the New Fairfield Jaycees and the New Fairfield Historical Society have made great contri- butions to this idyllic and his- toric area.

New Fairfield was settled in the early 1700s after it was pur- chased from the Schaghticoke Indians for 65 pounds sterling. The town was incorporated in 1740.It was a sleepy farming community for more than 200 years.

Scenic beauty abounds at Squantz Pond State Park and on Candlewood Lake. And about that lake - before 1928 it didn't exist. In 1926 the Connecticut Light and Power Company approved a plan to create a lake and use its water to produce electricity. It took only 26 months to turn the valley into Candlewood Lake. The lake's beauty and charm have drawn vacationers to New Fairfield ever since.