New Haven

county, Connecticut, United States
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New Haven, county, south-central Connecticut, U.S. It is bordered to the south by Long Island Sound, to the southwest by the Housatonic River, and to the southeast by the Hammonasset River. The county’s terrain consists of rolling plateaus and river valleys to the north and coastal lowlands to the south; the sound contains several islands. Other waterways include the Naugatuck, Quinnipiac, and Wepawaug rivers as well as Lakes Gaillard, Saltonstall, and Quassapaug. Parklands include Naugatuck State Forest Reserve and Sleeping Giant, West Rock Ridge, and Hammonasset Beach state parks. English Puritans founded New Haven colony in 1638, and it reluctantly ...(100 of 301 words)