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West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located on the coast of Long Island Sound. The city is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region . At the 2020 census , the population of the city was 55,584.
On the west corner of Church Street across from the green are two 19th-century wood-frame houses. The rest of the block is taken up by the Christ Episcopal Church and its associated structures and sites. [3] The West Haven Green Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2000. In addition to the green ...
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town. City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly. All cities ...
The Congregational meeting house was the site for all town records, government, events, and housed the first public library in the state of Connecticut. [3] In 1719, the hamlet separated from the Orange parish as West Haven. In 1779 the British attacked New Haven Harbor and came ashore in West Haven.
The city of New Haven, Connecticut has many distinct neighborhoods.In addition to Downtown, centered on the central business district and the Green, are the following neighborhoods: the west central neighborhoods of Dixwell and Dwight; the southern neighborhoods of The Hill, historic water-front City Point (or Oyster Point), and the harborside district of Long Wharf; the western neighborhoods ...
The 3rd congressional district has existed since 1837, having been organized from the at-large congressional district. It is centered on New Haven and its suburbs. The district comprises four-fifths of New Haven County, a small portion of Middlesex County, including most of Middletown, and most of Stratford and a small section of Shelton in Fairfield County.
Route 158 was also established in 1932 and ran along Campbell Avenue and Forest Road from West Haven center (Campbell Avenue and Main Street) to Westville (Forest Road and Fountain Street). In 1950, the Route 158 designation was removed and the portion north of First Avenue was added as a northward extension of Route 122.
The town of Wallingford was established in 1670 in unincorporated area north of New Haven and formally added to New Haven County in 1671. In 1675, the town of Derby was established north of Milford. In 1686, the town of Waterbury was established, but was assigned as part of Hartford County.