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Year Established
County
Villages
Historical Society
  
 
1802
Fairfield
Georgetown
Wilton Historical Society, Inc
224 Danbury Road
Wilton, Connecticut 06524
Phone: (203) 762-7257
 
Brief History:
Wilton was incorporated as a town in 1802. It was previously a society in the town of Norwalk, organized as such in 1726. The town is about 6 1/2 miles in length, and 4 in breadth; bounded North by Ridgefield, East by Reading and Weston, South by Norwalk, and West by New Canaan and Salem in the State of New York. The surface of the township is broken, there being two ridges running northerly and southerly through the town. The soil is a gravelly loam, considerably productive, and best adapted to a grain culture. The lands are also wes adapted for fruit of various kids.
Aggricaulture is the principal business of the inhabitants. There is a satinet factory in the town. There are four churches, 1 Episcapal, 1 Congregational, and 2 Methodjst. The central part of the town is seven miles north of Norwalk

Wilton Academy is a classical school of high renute. Time students are generally from various States in the Union. It was instituted about the year 1818, by Hawley Olmstead, Esq. The number of students was limited at about forty.

A silver mine was discovered in this town. It was worked by some Englishmen during the Revolutionary War. After having worked in the mine for some time, they suddenly absconded, and took off their treasure with them. Since this period the mine has been neglected.

Trumbull & Wilton From the Connecticut Historical Collection BY John Warner Barbour Published 1836.
 
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