| The following is a brief timeline of
Marlborough history courtesy of the Marlborough Historical Society. |
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| 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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