New Milford was settled

Newbury Parish was settled

Parish of Newbury voted to hold

school for six months per year    

Four School Districts – Ironworks, Whisconier, Pocono, Obtuse (More)

                       Earliest burial in the

                      Huckleberry Hill Cemetery

On July 4^th, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence

                          Earliest Burial in the

          Merwin Brook Cemetery

English General Cornwallis                     surrendered to the combined American and French forces, effectively ending    the American War for Independence     

A peace treaty was formally signed in Paris on September 3^rd, granting Americans unconditional             Independence

       The Parish of Newbury became The Town of Brookfield              

First Town Meeting held on June 9

George Washington was inaugurated    the first President of the United States  

Great Flu epidemic caused canceling of public meetings

Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, the last of the thirteen original Colonies to do so

Masonic Lodge established 

in Brookfield                           

First Post Office established in Brookfield – Colbe Chamberlain was the first postmaster

8 Schools – East Ironworks, West Ironworks, Whisconier, Center, Long Meadow Hill, Bound Swamp, South Mountain and Obtuse (More)

Population of Brookfield 1,255

(The population of Chicago was 100)

The Housatonic Railroad Company was granted a charter

Ironworks Aqueduct Company established                                

 Daniel Tomlinson built a dam on the    Still River and a factory for the making

of currier’s knives                                   

Second Episcopal Church built  (More)

South Mountain School changed to Whortleberry Hill School

First train at the Ironworks District

Baptist Church established in the Ironworks District (More)

Probate Court established - Brookfield Judge Ebenezer Blackman appointed   Probate Judge

Sons of Temperance and the auxiliary the Cadets organized in Brookfield

Second Meeting House of the Congregational Church was dedicated  (More)

St. Paul’s School for Boys established on Longmeadow Hill Road  (More)

     Dutch Reformed Church established in Brookfield                                         

St. Paul’s School for Boys closes

Second Post Office established

Brookfield Shakespearian Dramatic Society established                             

A new Brookfield Town House            

 was built and called Town Hall  (More)  

General Custer chose the Little Big Horn to make his last stand

Present Stone Bridge on route 25 built

Red Cross organized under

Clara Barton

The Dutch Reform Church      

becomes The Chapel  (More)

Statue of Liberty dedicated

Brookfield celebrates its 100^th birthday

Miss Wilhelmine Skidmore opened a school for girls in Brookfield Center

Local chapter of the Women’s            Christian Temperance Union formed

Ziegler Summer School of Singing established in Brookfield Center

The Brookfield Improvement Society put streetlights through the Center    

Railroad tracks moved & train station built in the Ironworks District

Electric lights come to

Brookfield Center       

Ancient Inn, located in the Ironworks district, moved to Danbury  (More)     

Aunt Sue’s Brook, a watering trough on Route 133, was given to the town by  the Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Greene School of Music closed after the death of Professor Herbert Greene

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was rebuilt  (More)

Consolidated School replaces the

one-room schoolhouses  (More)      

Town offices moved into the former Center School  (More)

The Grotto was started  (More)

Ground broken for new firehouse

in the Center                                  

Friends of the Library established

Lake Lillinohah filled overnight during hurricane Dianne                                  

Williams Park built

Long Meadow Hill School built

Brookfield Players acquire gym from Curtis School for use as Playhouse

Chamber of Commerce formed

Population 1,345 and start of largest growth period in Brookfield history    

Eugene McGowan was appointed first School Superintendent

United Jewish Brookfield Cemetery‘s first burial

Candlewood Shores Annexed from New Fairfield

 Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

 held first services  (More)                     

Huckleberry Hill School built

First High School Graduation from Brookfield High School

Brookfield Historical Society founded

Gospel Hall takes over former St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Pocono Road

 Whisconier School built

The Brookfield Public Library              

opened in its present location  (More)  

 Brooks Quarry built & named for

Rev. Thomas Brooks                   

New Town Hall on Pocono Road opens