Editing Beacon Falls, Connecticut (section)

== Founding ==
The area that was to become Beacon Falls was first inhabited by tribal communities of [[Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation|Paugusetts]] and Paugusucks and was originally known as Nyumps.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beacon Falls |url=https://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/beacon-falls/ |website=connecticuthistory.org |date=September 12, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref> Early history texts indicate that a former Native American slave called Toby bought much of the land that was to become the town on September 7, 1693, for 10 pounds and a barrel of cider.<ref name="HeissSociety2012">{{cite book|author1=Mark Heiss|author2=Beacon Falls Historical Society|title=Beacon Falls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpf7uOvtV1gC&pg=PP1|year=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9143-8|pages=1–}}</ref>

Settlers from [[Derby, Connecticut|Derby]], [[Connecticut]] moved to the area in 1678 and the town was incorporated in 1871 on lands carved from the neighboring towns of [[Bethany, Connecticut|Bethany]], [[Seymour, Connecticut|Seymour]], [[Naugatuck, Connecticut|Naugatuck]] and [[Oxford, Connecticut|Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA330|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=330}}</ref> The town was named for Beacon Hill, from which a small waterfall descended.<ref>{{cite web|date=1871|title=Acquisition of the land and first settlers|url=https://www.beaconfalls-ct.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4141/f/uploads/hist.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905005105/https://www.beaconfalls-ct.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4141/f/uploads/hist.pdf|archive-date=September 5, 2021|access-date=September 4, 2021|website=beaconfalls-ct.org}}</ref>