Form
of Government: |
Selectman Board of Finance |
Town
Hall Address: |
8 Center Street
P.O.Box 1858
East Granby, CT. 06026
Researchers 9 a.m to 3p.m
Must request volumes from Clerk |
History
Brief: |
Settled about 1710 as part of Massacoe, the Court established it as the Turkey Hills Parish in October 1736. It was also known as the Northeast Society of Simsbury and was enlarged with land taken from Windsor in 1737. It was incorporated as the town of East Granby on 2 June 1858. Town vital records begin 1858. Historical Society establishe 1976. |
| Name: | Center Cemetery | | Location: | School Street |
| | Name: | Smallpox Cemetery | | Location: | Metacomet Trail, Hatchet Hill, Hatchet Hill Rd | | |
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| Name: | Canal Railroad now Hiking Trail | | Location: | Transects Hartford Avenue (Route 189), Turkey Hill Road (Route 20), Copper Hill Road |
| | Name: | Farmington Canal | | Location: | Hartford Avenue and North Road, Route 189 |
| | Name: | Old Newgate Prison | | Location: | Newgate Road |
| | Name: | Railroad Station | | Location: | Hartford Avenue, Route 189 | | |
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| Name: | East Granby: the evolution of a Connecticut town. | | Author: | Mary Jane Springman and Betty Finnell Guinan | | Date Published: | 1983 | | Publisher: | Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, New Hampshire | | Description: | Reprints available from the Historical Society | | |
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| Name: | Marguerite F. Guinan | | Contact Data: | 135 Spoonville Road
East Granby, CT 06026 | | |
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