The story
Read it all →How Colebrook Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Colebrook Township.
The Farrandsville Iron Furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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History · Colebrook Township
41% of Colebrook Township’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Farrandsville Iron Furnace. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1980.
1on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Colebrook Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Colebrook Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colebrook Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Colebrook Township on the map, 1921 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Colebrook Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Howard sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Colebrook Township.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Colebrook Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Farrandsville Iron Furnace
Structures
Architectural styles listings
Iron Furnace1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Colebrook Township, census by census
Between 179 and 244 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Colebrook Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Old corners
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
East FerneyFarrandsville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Colebrook Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Colebrook Township?
One place: the Farrandsville Iron Furnace (listed 1991).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.