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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.
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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... 
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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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