Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1675, a sawmill owned by William Pynchon II was burned in the wake of King Phillip's War.

Five years later, on March 16, 1688, the townspeople purchased Enfield from a Podunk named Notatuck for 25 pounds Sterling.

[4] In 1749, following the settlement of a lawsuit in which it was determined that a surveyor's error placed a section of present-day Hartford County (including Enfield) within the boundaries of Massachusetts, the town seceded and became part of Connecticut.

[5] Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", in Enfield.

It was part of the Great Awakening revival that struck New England in the mid-18th century and spread throughout Western North American civilization.

In the 1989 film Glory, boxes of gunpowder can be seen with the words Enfield, CT printed on the sides.

In an episode in the 1970s police drama Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lord's character Steve McGarrett traces explosives back to "The Hazard Gunpowder Company- Enfield, CT".

The Utopian religious sect practiced celibate, communal living, and is today renowned for its simple architecture and furniture.

Enfield was home to the U.S. headquarters of Danish plastic building toy manufacturer Lego, which was also the town's largest employer.

Orrin Thompson set up shop for the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. in the Thompsonville section of town, employing many Scottish immigrants and building housing for them, which still stand today.

[14] Enfield is currently the headquarters of Precision Camera and Video Repair as well as Control Module Industries.

Varying styles of architecture are noted including Late Victorian, Georgian and 19th Century Revival.

The Enfield Town Hall museum as well as a fine Greek Revival Congregational Church can be found here.

Hazardville – Named after Colonel Augustus Hazard, this neighborhood encompasses a few smaller burbs, including Powder Hollow, and more recently, the center of Enfield began to encroach on this historical area.

North Thompsonville – Contains mostly residential and partially commercial areas of Enfield with many parks and schools.

Presidential Section – This entirely residential area contain streets that are all named after former presidents of the United States.

Green Manor is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the main highway Interstate 91 and borders the town of Somers.

Across from Nathan Hale Elementary School is a residential park with tennis court, skate boarding ramps, and a playground for younger kids.

Green Manor Park contained a pool at one time but was removed due to the lack of maintenance by the town.

This mill provided shelter for Frederick Merrill in 1987 after he escaped from the local high security prison.

Commuter rail service is expected to begin in 2025, and planning has started for renovating an old building into Enfield station (Connecticut), a transportation hub on the proposed Hartford Line, previously in operation until 1986.

Enfield and Thompsonville are currently served by the Connecticut Transit commuter bus services for easy access to and from Hartford, with a 4x daily connection to the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Bus services, serving Springfield MA, and its surrounding areas.

Alcorn School was closed in 2011 and its building is now used as government office space and now operates as one of the Family Resource Centers in Enfield.

There were formerly five Catholic parochial schools in Enfield (St. Bernard's, St. Adalbert's, St. Joeseph's, St. Martha's and Our Lady of the Angels [OLA]).