1886. Board of Trade established.
1887. New Milford made a Shire town.
Iron bridge built at Boardman.
1888. The great blizzard, March 13.
1889. The New Milford Button factory burned.
1890. The new hose house built.
Union Chapel built, Lower Merryall.
1893. Roger Sherman Chapter, D. A. R., organized.
1893. Congregational Church remodeled at a cost of $18,300.
The New Milford Electric Light Company incorporated.