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Connecticut Counties
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Connecticut Counties
There are currently eight counties in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Four of them were
originally created in 1666, during the first consolidation of the colony of Connecticut from a number of smaller
colonies. Two more counties were created during colonial times, and only two counties, Middlesex and Tolland
counties, have been created since American independence, both in 1785. The majority of Connecticut counties are
named for locations in England, where many early Connecticut settlers originated
Connecticut is divided into geographic regions called counties, but they do not have
functioning governments, as defined by the Census Bureau |
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New Haven County, Connecticut
New Haven County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: New Haven
Year Organized: 1666
Square Miles: 606 |
Court House: 235 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510-1723
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Meaning of County Name
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
New Haven County is located in south central Connecticut, bordered on the west by Fairfield County, on the east by
Middlesex County, and to the north by Litchfield and Hartford Counties. The New Haven County shoreline is protected from
the Atlantic Ocean and bordered on the south by Long Island Sound. The total area covered by New Haven County is 606
square miles.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Hartford County
- East: Middlesex County
- South: Long Island Sound
- Southwest: Fairfield County
- Northwest: Litchfield County
Cities and Towns:
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- Ansonia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Beacon Falls |
town |
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- Bethany |
town |
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- Branford |
town |
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- Cheshire |
town |
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- Derby |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Haven |
town |
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- Guilford |
town |
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- Hamden |
town |
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- Madison |
town |
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- Meriden |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Middlebury |
town |
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- Milford |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Naugatuck |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Haven
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Branford |
town |
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- North Haven |
town |
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- Orange |
town |
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- Oxford |
town |
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- Prospect |
town |
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- Seymour |
town |
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- Southbury |
town |
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- Wallingford |
town |
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- Waterbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Haven |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wolcott |
town |
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- Woodbridge |
town |
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- Woodmont |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
1. New Haven Colony
Historical Society (New Haven CT)
2. LDS Family History
Center (Woodbridge CT)
3. Silas Bronson Library - Genealogy & Local History
Collection (Waterbury CT)
4. Greater Waterbury web site - Dedicated
to Genealogy & Local History
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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