COREY'S  HILL  is  the  name  applied  to  the  southeasterly  part  of
the  hill  immediately  east  of  the  village  Main  street.  The  name  is  derived
from  Capt.  Nathan  Corey,  who  came  from  Groton,  Mass.,  to  Brookline
about  1800;  his  being  the  first  of  the  families  of  the  same  name  now  living
here  to  settle  here.
HOBART'S  HILL  is  the  name  applied  to  the  northeasterly  part
of  the  hill  immediately  east  of  the  village  Main  street;  its  name  being
derived  from  George  W.  L.  Hobart,  a  descendant  of  David  Hobart,  Sr.,
who  settled  in  Brookline  in  1818,  coming  here  from  Pepperell,  Mass.
COLBURN  HILL  is  located  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town.
The  east  Milford  highway  crosses  its  summit  about  one  and  one-half
miles  north  of  the  village.  This  hill  was  named  after  Lot  Colburn,  a
descendant  of  one  of  the  families  of  that  name,  which  in  the  early  part
of  the  last  century  settled  in  this  town,  coming  here  from  Hollis.
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Natural  Curiosities.
