Timeline

	The following is a brief timeline of Marlborough history courtesy of the Marlborough Historical Society.
	1648-1673		Sadler's Ordinary operates near lake.
	1648-1673		Sadler's Ordinary operates near lake.
	1710's-1730's		Firsts English settlers in Marlborough area.
	1740		Marlborough Tavern established.
	1747		Ecclesiastical Society of Marlborough formed.
	1750's		First grist & saw mills.
	1757		First recorded burial in Century cemetery.
	1760		Center school house built.
	1770's		Buell muskets manufactured for Revolutionary War.
	1800		Hartford & New London Turnpike built.
	1803		Town of Marlborough incorporated from Glastonbury, Colchester & Hebron.
	1813		Portion of Glastonbury added.
	1815		Marlborough Manufacturing Company builds textile factory.
	1841		Five school districts exist.
	1841		Methodist Church established.
	1842		William Richmond leaves Marlborough, becomes Pennsylvania coal magnate.
	1845		Textile mills, carriage factory, tannery, gunnery, saw & grist mills, cider mill operating.
	1869		Four school districts exist.
	1882		Mary Hall becomes Connecticut's first woman lawyer.
	1907		Last of Marlborough Mills burns.
	1910		Population hits low of 303.
	1910's-1920's		Main roads paved.
	1920's		Electricity comes to town.
	1924		Richmond Memorial Library Association formed.
	1948		Mary Hall school is built, one-room schools close.
	1950's-1960's		Route 2 is built.
	1956		Zoning regulations adopted.
	1959		Regional high school (RHAM) opens in Hebron.
	1965		Town acquires Blish Park beach at Lake Terramuggus.
	1983		Town Hall moves to Mary Hall school building.
	1987		New library building opens.
	1980's-1990's		Growth in residential & commercial development.
	2003		Marlborough Bicentennial celebrated.

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