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MIDDLEBURY

The name of the town derives from the central position its meeting house occupies. Six miles from three other neighbors, Waterbury, Southbury and Woodbury.

Winter ecclesiastical privileges, permitting local church services, were established for West Farms, originally the southwest portion of Waterbury, in 1786. In 1790, West Farms and adjoining portions of Woodbury and Southbury became a district ecclesiastical society under the name Middlebury. The first house in the area was erected by Isaac Bronson before 1702 on Breakneck Hill.

During the Revolutionary War, French General Rochambeau and his troops established a camp in the Breakneck Hill section on their march to the final campaign at Yorktown, Virginia. First petition to the General Assembly for independence of Middlebury from Waterbury was made in 1800. After much opposition incorporation was granted in 1807.

Erected by the Town of Middlebury, The Middlebury Historical Society, Inc., and the Connecticut Historical Commission, 1976.
Whittemore Rd., Near Town Hall, Middlebury, New Haven County Connecticut
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