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is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States and shares its western border with the city of Troy. The population was 11,664 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the hamlets of Brunswick and Center Brunswick in the town. They, in turn, were named in honor of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick a highly successful commander of English troops in the Seven Years' War (as, presumably, veterans of the Hannoverian wars settled in the area). In the colonial era, the town was a part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. It is still largely a series of farming communities, with expanding suburban development serving New York's Capital District.
The town is believed to have been settled before 1730. There are a few of the old manor farm buildings still extant in town.
Originally, the area was all the Town of Troy, and in 1807, when the City of Troy was established, the country to the east of Troy was made the Town of Brunswick. Herman Melville once taught briefly in the local school district. The district two schoolhouse is named after President James Garfield who frequently visited Eagle Mills while attending college in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
The reputedly haunted Forest Park Cemetery is located on Pinewoods Avenue west of the hamlet of Eagle Mills.