History of Middlebury, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Middlebury, Connecticut, USA

• 1807 - Incorporated in 1807 from former Southbury, Waterbury, and Woodbury lands, the town of Middlebury located in New Haven County town took its name from its location in the midst, or middle, of these communities.
  
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• 1819 - Middlebury
  Middlebury is a small township, situated in the northwestern extremity of the county, being 22 miles from New-Haven, and 36 from Hartford; bounded on ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1836 - Middlebury
  MIDDLEBURY was incorporated as a town in 1807. It was formed from a section of the towns of Waterbury, Woodbury and Southbury. It derived its name...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Middlebury
  Middlebury, a post-township of New Haven co., Connecticut, about 20 miles N. W. from New Haven. Population, 763.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
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  Boulder Cove, Lake Quassapaug
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• 1895 - Middlebury
  Middlebury, mid-del-bar-re, a post-hamlet in Middlebury township, New Haven co, Conn., 6 miles W.S.W. of Waterbury. It has 2 churches, also several...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Quassapaug Lake House. Middlebury, Conn.
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  View of Middlebury, Conn.
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  Boat Landing at Lake Quassapaug, Middlebury, Conn.
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• 1906
  Middlebury, a post-village in Middlebury township (town), New Haven co., Conn., 6 miles WSW. of Waterbury. It has various mills. Pop. of the town in...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1909 - (Middlebury, CT) - Middlebury is home to the Westover School for girls, founded in 1909 by Mary Robbins Hillard, and designed by Theodate Riddle Pope, one of the first women architects in the US.
  
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  East Shore, Lake Quassapaug
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  Westover School for Girls, Middlebury, Conn.
  
  "...founded in 1909 by Mary Robbins Hillard, and designed by Theodate Riddle Pope, one of the first women architects in the United States." www.middlebury-ct.org
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