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New Haven

Also known as New Haven, Connecticut, City of New Haven, New Haven, CT

city in Connecticut, United States

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New Haven is a city in Connecticut that is best known as the home of Yale University, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. As a major educational and cultural center, New Haven has played an important role in American history and continues to shape intellectual and community development in the region.

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Instance of: big city
Named after: natural harbor
Official name: New Haven
Country: United States
Located in: New Haven County
Population: 134023
Area: 52.122141
Elevation: 18
Time zone: Eastern Time Zone
Capital of: New Haven County
Shares border with: Woodbridge
Official website: www.newhavenct.gov
Image: New Haven, Connecticut skyline (cropped).jpg
Households: 49051
Dialing code: 475

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postal code: 06540
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Haven, Connecticut
twinned administrative body: San Francisco Tetlanohcan Municipality
Commons category: New Haven, Connecticut
topic's main category: Category:New Haven, Connecticut
category for people born here: Category:Births in New Haven, Connecticut
category of associated people: Category:People from New Haven, Connecticut
inception: 1638-00-00
native label: New Haven
time of earliest written record: 1638-00-00
water as percent of area: 7.1845
P8168: Tiu
different from: New Haven
water area: 3.744699
per capita income: 27607

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Encyclopedic overview

New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with the Greater New Haven metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

New Haven was one of the first planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a three-by-three grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is the New Haven Green, a 16-acre (6 ha) square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is now a National Historic Landmark, and the "Nine Square Plan" is recognized by the American Planning Association as a National Planning Landmark.

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