Editing Beacon Falls, Connecticut (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|9.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.8|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}  (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'''.<ref>"The Valley of the Naugatuck", National Magazine, January 1858, pg 11-20</ref><ref>"Indians of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Valleys", Samuel Orcutt, Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, pg 44, 1882</ref>

The [[Beacon Falls (Metro-North station)]] is on the [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]] branch of the [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] line.

===On the National Register of Historic Places===
*[[Depot Street Bridge]]: added March 9, 2007 (on the National Bridge registry).  This bridge replaced the original wooden bridge that crossed the Naugatuck River and was dedicated in 1935. 
*[[Home Woolen Company]]: added November 29, 1984

===On the State Register of Historic Places===

* [[Tracy S. Lewis House]]: Home of the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company President.  Originally built {{circa|1855}} by the American Hard Rubber Company, 35–37 Wolfe Avenue
* Rimmon Schoolhouse: a one room school house located on Pinesbridge Road (State Route 42).  Dated 1789, it may have been renovated in 1830 (District School #6 of Oxford) when the area was part of the town of Oxford, CT. 
* Riggs House: Located on Old Pinesbridge Road, is identified as the oldest home in Beacon Falls.