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New Haven (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Quinnipiac River in S central Connecticut; in 1643 merged with neighboring areas to form New Haven Colony; in 1664 merged with chartered Connecticut Colony; was co-capital with Hartford 1701-1875; sided with British during American Revolution. |
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| New Haven (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | named for New Haven, Sussex, England in 1640 |
| ניו הייבן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Quinnipiac (H,V)
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............ | from 1638 to 1640 |
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New Haven (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by English Puritans organized by John Davenport & Theophilus Eaton in 1638 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1784 |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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noted for historic inventions, including mass-production technique, radio tube, sulfer matches & repeating revolver |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for aircraft parts, textiles, tools, rubber products, clocks & watches, paper goods, shipbuilding, firearms & ammunition |
| educational center (C) |
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includes Yale University, Southern Connecticut State College, Albertus Magnus College & a community college |
| cultural center (C) |
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includes Winchester Gun Museum, old colonial public green is site of 3 early 19th-cen. churches, Noah Webster died here |
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