More Historical Information About Burlington, Connecticut

History abounds in Burlington! And thanks Leonard Alderman, our Town Historian, along with many others, we are able to bring you a growing resource of information that you can use to get even more familiar with our fair town.

• A letter about the Blizzard of 1888 - Submitted by Leonard Alderman via Arthur Bauer
• Burlington Center Gets Electricity, August 1924 - Submitted by Leonard Alderman
• Connecticut History Online
• Burlington's Articles of the Past - by Leonard Alderman
• Cemetaries
• Genealogy - via Local History - The Burlington Room
• Burlington Obituaries - by Leonard Alderman
• New Burlington Genealogy website (part of US GenWeb)

More Historical Trivia...

• Burlington Men in the Civil War - by Thomas Turick
• The Tavern Building - by Thomas Turick
• Peculiar Runaway Accident, New Hartford, May 25, 1917 - Submitted by Leonard Alderman
• Jonathan Miller's Dedication Sermon (given on Jan 7, 1809) - Submitted by Leonard Alderman
• Some Reminiscences of a Long Life - by John Hooker 1899 - Submitted by Jan Tanner
• Brown-Elton Tavern - by the Historical Society
• The Cotton Mill - by Leonard Alderman
• Corner of Punch Brook-Rt 4, Former Broadbent home, owner of the cotton mill - taken in 1855
• The Old Center School House
• The American Chestnut Tree
• 1855 Map of Burlington - Submitted by Leonard Alderman
• Letters from a Boarding School, Dec 1851
• History of Nepaug Reservoir
• Some Historical Newspaper Clippings (early 1900's)
• Founded on Legends of Whigville in Burlington - by Milo Leon Norton in 1897
• English Customary Weight and Measures

Burlington Historical Society

Burlington Public Library

34 Library Lane 
Burlington, CT 06013
Phone: 860-673-3331

Closed on Saturdays during July & August