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Immigration to the town increased considerably from 1816 until the 1870s, many of the newcomers being of German ( particularly Lutheran, and Mennonite ) extraction.

Some were from Switzerland, like the founder of The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company.

In 1833 the town was renamed Berlin because of the recent German immigration from the Breuckmann family, and in 1853 Berlin became the County Seat of the newly created County of Waterloo, elevating it to the status of Village.