1650 - The first Europeans to settle the Horton area were the Acadians. They probably began moving up from Port Royal as early as 1650 and in larger numbers by the late 1600's.

1713 - Acadia was ceded to the British but the Acadians didn't want to leave the productive farmlands. They had built dykes around the Minas Basin and they were growing crops and grazing their cattle on the fertile lands revealed. History would not allow them to continue their simple farm lives.

1744 - War broke out between France and England and although the Acadians wanted to remain neutral they were under constant scrutiny by the British.

1748 - The war ended but the friction continued. The English demanded complete allegiance, the French refused

1755 - By order of Governor Lawrence the expulsion of the Acadians was undertaken. In late August of that year the British transports came to take the Acadians into exile- between 2,000 and 8,000 individuals were forced from the land(official records were not maintained), and Grand Pré was torched.

1760 - The Planters arrived from New England and adapted the local name. The area became known as Mud Creek.

1763 - The first church was established. Meetinghouse/church built in 1765-66.

1786 - The first regular mail service from Halifax to Annapolis was inaugurated, delivered on foot once every two weeks.

1829 - Whether it was Postmaster Elisha DeWolf, Jr. who selected the name for a new Way Office or his two nieces, Maria and Mary Starr who selected the name to avoid the embarrassment of telling friends they were from Mud Creek, the area became known as Wolfville. Horton Academy was opened. A thrice weekly stage coach line was established between Halifax and Annapolis, it ran for forty years.

1839 - Queens College began classes in the Academy building.

1841 - A charter was granted and Acadia University was established. The Way Office became a Post Office.

1859 - A few copies of A Small Sheet by Campbell Stevens became the first newspaper.

1867 - A Public School building was erected.

1868 - The railway bridge was erected over Mud Creek.

1869 - The first train ran from Annapolis to Wolfville on June 26. The first telegraph office was established.

1874 - The Acadian Athenaeum, published by Acadia students, was produced for the first time.

1879 - The new Acadia Seminary (for ladies) was completed and opened.

1881 - The town's first skating rink was constructed.

1886 - The town begins to organize it's volunteer fire department.

1888 - The first electric street light was placed at the corner of College Ave. and School Street.

1890 - In Wolfville there were twenty streets, five churches, sixteen stores and hotels and several boarding houses

1891 - The Wolfville telephone exchange, one of twelve on the Valley Telephone Company of Middleton, began operation with ninety-eight telephones.

1893 - There was an attempt to change the town's name again, but by vote the name remained Wolfville and the town was incorporated with E. Perry Bowles elected as the first mayor.

1894 - The first town policeman was sworn in - James Toye.

1911 - The Opera House was built.

1912 - The Post Office building was built.

1930 - The Eastern Kings Memorial Hospital was opened.

1947 - The Acadia Movie Theater opened it's doors for the first time.