Colbyn is a suburb in central eastern

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History

Colbyn is named after Colby,

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, where the suburb's developer, J.B. Kneen, was born. It was surveyed by the

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, which also laid out Hatfield,

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, and

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. The original deeds forbade the sale of liquor in all four neighborhoods.

References

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