Town of Colebrook

Facts about Colebrook

Town/City established:

• Incorporated in 1779.

Named from: 

• Named from Colebrooke in Devonshire, England.

County:

• Litchfield.

Notable citizens (past and present):

• Lorrin Cooke. 57th Governor of Connecticut, from 1897-1899.
• Roy Chapman Andrews. Explorer, director of New York City's American Museum of Natural History.

Top Attractions:

• Site of 1770s forges. First steel in America.
• Colebrook River, lake and dam.
• Colebrook Historial Society.
• Colebrook Store (1812).

Annual Visitor’s Events:

• Chicken barbecue, early spring.
• Colebrook Fair, late summer.
• July 4th celebration.
• Turkey Dinner, autumn.

Quality of the town/city:

• An unspoiled example of an early 19th century New England town with only a population of 1,520.