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History of Southbury, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Southbury, Connecticut, USA

Visit Southbury, Connecticut, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

Where is Southbury, Connecticut, USA?

• 1787 - Southbury incorporated in 1787
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ southbury/
  
  
• 1819 - Southbury
  Southbury is a post town, situated in the northwestern section of the county, upon the northeast side of the Ousatonick river, 40 miles southwest...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Southbury
  Southbury, a post-village of New Haven county, Connecticut, 22 miles N.W. by N. from New Haven. On the main street, which is beautifully shaded, are...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - The oldest office-holder in the United States is probably the Town Clerk of Southbury, Conn., who is 95 years old.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  December 17, 1870
  
  
•  1889 - Capitalists boring for oil at Southbury, Conn., were rejoicing on the 26th over the discovery of oil at a depth of eleven hundred feet.
  The drill run through a vein of earth in which there was much silver.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  February 2, 1889
  
  
• 1895 - Southbury
  Southbury, a post-village in Southbury township, New Haven co., Conn., on the Pomeraug River, 10 miles S.W. of Waterbury, and 22 miles N.W. of New...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Southbury, a post-village in Southbury township (town), New Haven co., Conn., on the Pomeraug River, 10 miles SW. of Waterbury. It has manufactures...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  View Looking North, Southbury, Conn.
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  Greetings from Southbury, Conn.
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  "The Shelton Homestead", Southbury, Conn.
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