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Wilton was one of Connecticut's last dry towns, permitting sale of alcohol in restaurants in 1992 and in liquor stores in 2009.
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- 1777 - (Wilton, CT) - In 1777 the Revolutionary War made its mark on the town when the British set fire to several homes after they retreated from their raid on Danbury.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ wilton/ - In 1802 the General Assembly declared Wilton a separate township from Norwalk.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ wilton/ - 1819 - Wilton
Wilton is a post township, situated 6 miles north from Norwalk, and 34 miles westerly from New-Haven. It is bounded on the north by Ridgefield, on...Read MORE... - 1836 - Wilton
WILTON was incorporated as a town in 1802. It was previously a society in the town of Norwalk, organized as such in 1726. The town is about 6 1/ 2...Read MORE... 
1853 - Fire at Wilton.
We learn from the Lowell News that on the 3d inst., a fire broke out in a building belonging to Dea. Fiske, and used for a cider mill and storage...Read MORE...- 1854 - Wilton
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Connecticut, on the Danbury and Norfolk railroad, about 30 miles S. W. by W. from New Haven. It contains 2...Read MORE... - 1885 - A widow in Wilton, Conn., says she never intends to marry again. She is 104.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 22, 1885 - 1895 - Wilton
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Wilton township, on the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad, 16 miles S. of Danbury, and 6 miles N. of...Read MORE... - 1906
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Wilton township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles S. of Danbury. Pop....Read MORE... 
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wilton, Connecticut
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Garden Center, Wilton, Conn. (Town Hall)
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wilton, Connecticut
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Garden Center, Wilton, Conn. (Town Hall)
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Wilton, Connecticut, USA
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1777 - (Wilton, CT) - In 1777 the Revolutionary War made its mark on the town when the British set fire to several homes after they retreated from their raid on Danbury.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ wilton/
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In 1802 the General Assembly declared Wilton a separate township from Norwalk.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ wilton/
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1819 - Wilton
Wilton is a post township, situated 6 miles north from Norwalk, and 34 miles westerly from New-Haven. It is bounded on the north by Ridgefield, on... Read MORE...
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1836 - Wilton
WILTON was incorporated as a town in 1802. It was previously a society in the town of Norwalk, organized as such in 1726. The town is about 6 1/ 2... Read MORE...
1853 - Fire at Wilton.
We learn from the Lowell News that on the 3d inst., a fire broke out in a building belonging to Dea. Fiske, and used for a cider mill and storage... Read MORE...
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1854 - Wilton
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Connecticut, on the Danbury and Norfolk railroad, about 30 miles S. W. by W. from New Haven. It contains 2... Read MORE...
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1885 - A widow in Wilton, Conn., says she never intends to marry again. She is 104.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 22, 1885
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1895 - Wilton
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Wilton township, on the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad, 16 miles S. of Danbury, and 6 miles N. of... Read MORE...
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1906
Wilton, a post-village of Fairfield co., Conn., in Wilton township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles S. of Danbury. Pop.... Read MORE...
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