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  1. Beacon Falls is one of the smallest towns in the country and next to Ansonia the youngest. It lies on both sides of the Naugatuck River, south of Beacon Hill brook, and from that locality the name was derived. Bounding it are the towns from which it was formed in 1871, namely: Naugatuck on the north, Bethany on the east and southeast, Seymour ...

  2. Ensign Riggs and Jeremiah Johnson bought land in 1680. Early in 1871, John Wolfe and others petitioned the Assembly for the creation of a new town, Beacon Falls, out of portions of Bethany, Naugatuck, Seymour and Oxford. The town of Beacon Falls was so named from Beacon Hill, and from which a small but beautiful waterfall descended.

  3. In 1898 the two Lewis men bought the Home Woolen Company facility and started the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company. The new company enjoyed great success for over two decades. From 150 pairs of shoes manufactured in 1899, by 1920 5.5 million pair were shipped; during that same time the town's population doubled.

  4. First landowner, Captain Ebenezer Johnson purchased three parcels in the vicinity of Pines Bridge in 1678. Ensign Riggs and Jeremiah Johnson bought land in 1680. Early in 1871, John Wolfe and others petitioned the Assembly for the creation of a new town, Beacon Falls, out of portions of Bethany, Naugatuck, Seymour and Oxford.

  5. Our town was incorporated in 1871. During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s Beacon Falls began to grow and thrive as an industrial New England town.

  6. Jan 13, 2012 · BEACON FALLS — The fate of one of the oldest buildings in town rests on its crumbling foundations. When Nadeem and Naila Khalid purchased the Rimmon Schoolhouse at 101 Pinesbridge Road in 2010, town officials hoped the Khalids might donate the historic one-room schoolhouse to the town. However

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