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Route 15 / Merritt Parkway – New Haven, New York City: Exit 53 on Merritt Parkway: Shelton: 8.80: 14.16: Route 8 north – Waterbury: Exit 12A on Route 8: 9.17: 14.76: Route 108 south to Route 8 south – Huntington: Northern terminus of Route 108; access to Route 8 via SR 714: 9.23: 14.85: Derby–Shelton Bridge (SR 712 east) to Route 34 ...
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Additional surrounding counties, known as "outlying counties", can be included in the CBSA if these counties have strong social and economic ties to the central county or counties as measured by commuting and employment. Outlying counties are included in the CBSA if 25% of the workers living in the county work in the central county or counties ...
Map of the counties of colonial Connecticut, 1766. There are eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of the counties – Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and New London – were created in 1666, shortly after the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony combined. Windham and Litchfield counties were created later in the colonial ...
The last three towns are sometimes also grouped with the lower valley region. The Lower Naugatuck Valley refers to the area focused on the city of Derby. The towns within the watershed area of the lower valley are Shelton, Seymour, Woodbridge, Ansonia, and Derby. The towns of Beacon Falls, Oxford, and Naugatuck, usually grouped together in the ...
Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 40,869 at the 2020 United States Census . [ 3 ] The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region .
The coast of Connecticut sits on Long Island Sound, which is an estuary. The state's access to the open Atlantic Ocean is both to the west (toward New York City) and to the east (toward the "race" near Rhode Island). Due to this unique geography, Long Island Sound and the Connecticut shoreline are relatively protected from high waves from ...
During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Valley was one of the main manufacturing centers in New England, and most of the Valley communities were emblematic New England mill towns. In 2000, the seven towns in the extended Lower Naugatuck Valley region were selected as an All-America City, varying the title of that award as "All-America Valley".