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Bethel is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.[1] Its population was 20,358 at the 2020 census. The town includes the Bethel Census Designated Place. Interstate 84 passes through Bethel, and it has a train station on the Danbury Branch of Metro-North's New Haven Line. [edit] History
Bethel was first settled around 1700. The town incorporated in 1855 from Danbury. Bethel is a name derived from Hebrew meaning "house of God". The first meeting of the Young Communist League was held in Bethel in May 1922. In 1934, Rudolph Kunett started the first vodka distillery in the U.S. after purchasing rights to the recipe from the exiled Smirnoff family. [edit] Historical Population
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