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Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, between New Haven and Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. [5] The city includes the village of Devon and the borough of Woodmont. Milford is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region and New York metropolitan area.
Route 162 was created in the 1932 state highway renumbering as a five-mile (8 km) road from Route 1 near the Orange-West Haven line to the junction between Jones Hill Road and Ocean Avenue near the Milford-West Haven line. [2] The portion in Milford was originally numbered as part of Route 122. This segment was removed from Route 122 and ...
New Milford's town center was originally focused around its town green, a long three-block greensward located just east of the present downtown area. This remained the focus of civic and commercial activity until the Housatonic Railroad opened in 1840. The area between the green and the railroad then developed as a commercial hub, as the town ...
Duchess (restaurant) Duck Island (Milford, Connecticut) E. Economic development of Milford, Connecticut ... Milford CT flag.jpg 341 × 216; 17 KB. MilfordCTseal3.jpg ...
From 1962 to 1976, this stretch of road was Route 51, which traveled for 9.4 miles (15.1 km) through Old Lyme and East Lyme and was known as the Boston Post Road. In 1976, US 1 returned to the 9.4-mile (15.1 km) stretch of road, thus eliminating the need for Route 51.
Milford was founded in 1640 by colonists who had theological differences with the neighboring New Haven Colony, with the objective of establishing their own colony. One of the original settler's homes, that of Thomas Buckingham built in 1650, still survives in this district. The early settlement took place along the banks of the Wepawaug, and ...
In the early 21st century, the Eells-Stow House is one of three houses that make up the campus of the Milford Historical Society. It is located on the south side of High Street east of Green Street and south of the city's downtown. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is ...
The former Taylor Library building stands at the eastern end of Milford's city center green, on the north side of Broad Street at River Street. It is a 1-1/2 story roughly rectangular masonry structure, built out of a combination of local fieldstone, red sandstone, and yellow brick.