Weston Historical Society

The Weston Historical Society was formed in 1961. It already held a substantial backlog of history to investigate, record and preserve. It was in 1671 that the forest land which is now Weston was marked off in long narrow divisions called "long lots" by the early settlers of New Fairfield on the Sound.

Weston officially became a town in 1787. Before that it was known as Norfield Parish and at that time what has become Easton and Weston was one area, but because of geographical and transportation problems of the day had difficulty functioning as a community.

The region was primarily devoted to farming but water power from the several branches of the Saugatuck River were soon put to use for driving grist mills, saw mills and, in the 1800s, for small industrial uses.

Weston's Historical Society saw the rapid changes taking place and concluded that positive action was needed to preserve articles and records so that both present and future generations could be aware of the town's heritage. As a result, it has been active on many individual projects directed at "Preserving the Past for the Benefit of the Future."