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New Haven
City
From top, left to right: Downtown, East Rock Park, New Haven Green, Upper State Street Historic District, Five Mile Point Lighthouse, Harkness Tower, and Connecticut Hall at Yale University
Nickname: The Elm City
New Haven's location within New Haven County and Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°18′36″N 72°55′25″W / 41.31000°N 72.92361°W / 41.31000; -72.92361
Country	United States
U.S. state	Connecticut
County	New Haven
MSA	Greater New Haven
CSA	New York
Settled (town)	April 3, 1638
Incorporated (city)	1784
Consolidated	1895
Named for	A "New Haven", meaning "new harbor"
Area ^[1]
• City	20.13 sq mi (52.15 km²)
• Land	18.69 sq mi (48.41 km²)
• Water	1.44 sq mi (3.74 km²)
Elevation	59 ft (18 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• City	134,023
• Density	7,170/sq mi (2,768.5/km²)
• Urban	561,456 (US: 77th)
• Urban density	1,884.0/sq mi (727.4/km²)
• Metro	570,487 (US: 98th)
Demonym	New Havener
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	06501–06540
Area code(s)	203/475
FIPS code	09-52000
GNIS feature ID	0209231
Airport	Tweed New Haven Airport
Major highways
Website	www.newhavenct.gov

New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, with a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census.^[2] "New Haven" may also refer to the wider Greater New Haven area, which has nearly 600,000 inhabitants in the immediate area.^[3]^[4] It is in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.

The trial for the mutiny of the slave ship Amistad took place in New Haven.^[5]

References

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↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "QuickFacts: New Haven city, Connecticut". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
↑ U.S. Census Bureau - Population in New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) in Alphabetical Order and Numerical and Percent Change: 1990 and 2000
↑ "South Central Regional Council of Governments". Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
↑ "Unidentified Young Man". World Digital Library. 1839–1840. Retrieved 2013-07-28.

Other websites

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City of New Haven official Web site Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
New Haven at the Open Directory Project
Historical New Haven Digital Collection
"Who Really Ruled in Dahl's New Haven?" by G. William Domhoff — examination of power structures in New Haven and Yale in the 1960s
The New Haven Independent neighborhood-based online newspaper
Yale Daily News - student-run daily newspaper with New Haven coverage
NewHavenWeb - A Comprehensive Online Directory of New Haven

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Haven, Connecticut.

v t e Municipalities and communities of New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
County seat: New Haven
Cities	Ansonia Derby Meriden Milford New Haven Waterbury West Haven
Towns	Beacon Falls Bethany Branford Cheshire East Haven Guilford Hamden Madison Middlebury North Branford North Haven Orange Oxford Prospect Seymour Southbury Wallingford Wolcott Woodbridge
Boroughs	Naugatuck* Woodmont *Consolidated borough and town
CDPs	Branford Center Cheshire Village Guilford Center Heritage Village Madison Center Northford Quinnipiac University Wallingford Center
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v t e All-America City Award Hall of Fame (1949–2021)
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Six-time winners	Des Moines, Iowa (1949, 1977, 1982, 2003, 2010, 2017)
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