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This area, first settled in
1664, was one of four Congregational parishes in Simsbury. The
Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical Society in 1786 became a section of Granby,
and in 1858 was incorporated as the Town of East Granby.
An
unusual geographical feature, a basalt ridge
dividing the Town lengthwise, has had considerable influence
upon its
character.
The first incorporated copper mine in America
was on the western side of the Talcott Range. The mine subsequently became
Newgate
Prison, a
Revolutionary War jail and the first state prison in the United States
(1790).
Farming was the mainstay of the Town for much of
its history. The early
twentieth century saw local farmers specializing in dairy product and
tobacco. The number of operating farms diminished greatly as
the population of the Town increased from 838 in 1858 to 5277 in
2010 but
the rural character of East Granby remains.
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