ENFIELD, a town of Hartford county, Connecticut, U.S.A., on the east bank of the Connecticut river, 2om. N. of Hartford; served by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The population in 193o was 13,404. The town has an area of 35 sq.m. and embraces several villages, of which Thompsonville is the largest and most important. Tobacco is grown, and there are various manufactures, notably carpets (the largest plants in the country) and casket hardware. Enfield was settled in 1679, and was included in the town of Springfield until 1683. In it became part of Connecticut. At a town meeting on July 11, 17 7 4, a resolution was adopted in favour of breaking off "all com mercial intercourse with Great Britain and the West Indies until these oppressive acts for raising a revenue in America are re pealed." A Shaker community was established in 1781 at what is now Shaker Station.