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Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, between New Haven and Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. The city includes the village of Devon and the borough of Woodmont. Milford is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region and New York metropolitan area.
The city of Milford, located in New Haven County, is in the southernmost part of the state on the Long Island Sound. The land, purchased by English settlers in 1639, originally included what would become the towns of Orange and West Haven.
Milford, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Milford, New Haven county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S. It lies on Long Island Sound northeast of the mouth of the Housatonic River. Settled in 1639 on land bought from the Paugusset Indians, it was probably named (1640) for Milford Haven,
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CONTENTS PAGE Foreword v ByJudgeOmarW.Piatt,Chairmanofthe MilfordTercentenaryCommittee,Inc. Preface vii ByJohnB.Derby,StateDirector, FederalWriters'Project CHAPTER I.A.LittleRepublic— 1639-1643...
Milford History. February 1, 1639, is the date the area then known as "Wepawaug" was purchased from Ansantawae, chief sachem of the Paugusset Tribe. Settlers began arriving shortly thereafter and began to build the town known as Milford. Townspeople played a part in the development of the United States.
Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, between New Haven and Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. The city includes the village of Devon and the borough of Woodmont. Milford is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region and New York metropolitan area.
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Journal Article. History of Milford, Connecticut, 1639–1939. Compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Projects Administration for the State of Connecticut. ( [Milford: Milford Tercentenary Committee, Inc.], 1939. xii + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, and bibliography. $1.75.) Leonard W. Labaree.
