New Haven
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- Names
New Haven
Quinnipiac
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- 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.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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