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Brighton, Macoupin, Illinois, USA
Brighton is a small community that dates back to the early 19th century, when settlers began the transformation of the Illinois prairie into productive farmland. The village was named after Brighton, Massachusetts
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- A post office was opened in Brighton in 1837
www.wikipedia.org - 1854 - Brighton
Brighton, a post-village of Macoupin county, Illinois, on the Chicago and Mississippi railroad, 60 miles S. W. from Springfield.
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. - 1869 - Brighton is incorporated
- 1895 - Brighton
Brighton, a post-village of Macoupin co, Ill., on 2 railroads, 11 miles N. of Alton. It has a bank, 7 churches, a graded school, a flour-mill, and...Read MORE... 
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Brighton, a banking post-village of Jersey and Macoupin cos., Ill., on the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rs., 11 miles N....Read MORE... 
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A post office was opened in Brighton in 1837
www.wikipedia.org
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1854 - Brighton
Brighton, a post-village of Macoupin county, Illinois, on the Chicago and Mississippi railroad, 60 miles S. W. from Springfield.
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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1869 - Brighton is incorporated
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1895 - Brighton
Brighton, a post-village of Macoupin co, Ill., on 2 railroads, 11 miles N. of Alton. It has a bank, 7 churches, a graded school, a flour-mill, and... Read MORE...
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Brighton, a banking post-village of Jersey and Macoupin cos., Ill., on the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rs., 11 miles N.... Read MORE...
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