Historical Markers in
New Haven County, Connecticut

11th Ward Veteran's Memorial 1st Battalion 102d Infantry Memorial 201st Anniversary of the Marine Corps 32nd Ward World War I Memorial 9th Regt. Conn. Vol. Memorial A Connecticut Minuteman’s Homestead A Quinnipiac Indian A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge Abraham Lincoln Adjutant William Campbell Allingtown World War I Monument American Legion Post No 17 World War II Memorial American Liberty Elm Amos Beebe Eaton Ancient Burial Ground Andrew Leete Home Site Anna Sewell Memorial Fountain Ansonia Ansonia Veterans Memorial Ansonia Veterans Monument Ansonia Volunteer Firemen’s Monument Arctic Engine Co. No. 1 Beacon Falls Beacon Falls Veterans Monument Beacon Hill Benjamin Eli Smith Benjamin Silliman Bethany Bethany Veterans Monument Bethany Veterans Wall Of Honor Birmingham Iron Foundry Veterans Memorial Birthplace of David Humphreys Bissel's Store, Middlebury Station Black Rock Fort Bradley Point Park Branford Branford Soldiers Monument Branford Veterans Memorial British Landing Site Bronze Bell Brotherhood of Ferndocs Bullet Hill School Campanile and Carillon Captain Frederick Lee Castle Craig Center Congregational Church Charter Oak Seedling Cheshire Cheshire Civil War Monument Cheshire Revolutionary War Monument Cheshire World War I Monument City of Meriden's World War I Roll of Honor Col Edward Whalley Col William Goffe Col. Decius Wadsworth Combat Wounded Veterans Connecticut Hall Connecticut Police Memorial Connecticut Volunteers Memorial Cornelius S. Bushnell Memorial Corporal Timothy Francis Ahearn Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed Count Casimir Pulaski Cristoforo Colombo Cristoforo Colombo David Humphreys Dedicated to the Memory of the Unknown Dead Defenders' Monument Dei Gratia deLauzun Encampment Derby Derby and Huntington Civil War Memorial Derby Firemen’s Memorial Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial Derby Veterans Monument Dianne Bullis Snyder Memorial Early Post Office Site East Haven East Haven Charter Day East Haven Veterans Memorial East Haven Veterans Monument East Haven World War II Memorial East Haven World War Memorial East Shore Park Edward Robinson Smith Eells - Stow House Eli Smith Eli Whitney Eli Whitney Eli Whitney Armory Elm Street School Veterans Memorial Enoch Hibbard House Fallen Men Of The Civil War First Avenue Honor Roll First Baptist Church First Church Of Cheshire First Masonic Lodge in Meriden First Meeting House First Settlement of Waterbury Fort Nathan Hale Fort Wooster Park Fortified House Of Ensign Stanley Founders of Wallingford Frederick W. Lee, Esq George Trevor George W. Baird Glenn Miller Gold Star Association Memorial Great War For Democracy Memorial Grove Street Cemetery Grove Street Cemetery Veterans Memorial Guilford Guilford Granite Guilford Korean War Monument Guilford Revolutionary War Memorial Guilford Soldier's Monument Guilford Spanish-American War Monument Guilford Vietnam Memorial Guilford World War I Monument Guilford World War II Monument Hamden Hamden Veterans Memorial Hamilton Park Harrub Pilgrim Memorial Hezekiah Augur Hillhouse Avenue Bridge Holocaust Memorial Place Home Site of Jonathan Law Home Site of Robert Treat Hon. Abraham Doolittle How Can I Help the Sound? Hubbard Park In Honor of Captain Nathan Hale In Memory of Augustus Canfield Ledyard In Memory of George Pardee In Memory of Our Classmates In Memory of the Men of Yale In Memory of Warren J. Carver In Remembrance Isaac Allerton Ithiel Town James Madison Memorial Jedidiah Morse Jefferson Bridge Jehudi Ashmun John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Gamble Kirkwood John Lyman Chatfield John Prince Elton Judges Cave Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm Kenea Soldiers Monument King’s Bridge Knight Hospital Monument Lake Quassapaug Station Landing Site Lee's Academy Liberty Rock Liberty – Victory House Lock 12 Lyman Hall Madison Marquis de Lafayette Encampment Memorial Playground Memorial to Three Milford Men Memorial To Two French Soldiers Memorial to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Veterans Meriden / Lexington Alarm Meriden Korea – Vietnam Memorial Meriden Soldiers Memorial Meriden Spanish American War Memorial Meriden World War I Memorial Meriden’s Traffic Tower Middlebury Middlebury Blacksmith Shop Middlebury Veterans Memorial Milestone Milford Milford Korea - Vietnam Monument Milford Memorial Flag Pole Milford Memorial Stone Bridge Milford Remembers Milford Town Halls Milford Volunteer Fire Department Milford World War I Memorial Milford World War II Memorial Monument to the Citizens of Madison Mr. Richard Perry Home Site Nathan Hale Nathan Smith Nathaniel Elliot Home Nathaniel William Taylor Naugatuck Naugatuck Great War Memorial Naugatuck Soldiers' Memorial Naugatuck Veterans Monument Near This Spot Nehemiah Royce House New Haven New Haven Area Korean War Monument New Haven Area Vietnam War Memorial New Haven Common Burial Ground New Haven Green New Haven Memorial Flagpole New Haven MIA – POW – KIA Memorial New Haven Water Company Noah Lane Farnham Noah Webster House North Branford North Branford Soldiers Monument North Branford Vietnam Monument North Branford World War I Monument North Branford World War II Memorial North Branford World War II Monument North Haven North Haven 300th Anniversary North Haven Korean War Monument North Haven Soldiers Monument North Haven Veterans Monument North Haven Vietnam War Monument North Haven World War II Monument Northford Veterans Monument Old Stone Meeting House Orange Orange Veterans Monument Othniel Charles Marsh Our Hero Dead World War II Oxford Oxford World War I Monument Painter Park World War II Memorial Pardee Rose Garden Patriots of Madison Patriots of New Haven Memorial Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Pelatiah Perit Peter Pond Pierpont Edwards Pork Hollow POW / MIA Soldiers from Waterbury Present Settlement of Waterbury Prisoners of the American Revolution Prospect Prospect Soldiers' Monument Quinnipiack Red Bridge Renovation of the New Haven Green Reverend Michael Joseph McGivney Revolutionary War Tercentennial Memorial Robert Gardner Anderson Award Robert Newman's Barn Robert Wallace Rochambeau Route 1781 – 82 Rochambeau Route 1781-82 Roger Sherman Roger Sherman Baldwin Roger Sherman Homesite Roll of Honor Ross Granville Harrison Rubber Glove Employees World War I Memorial Rubber Shoe Employees World War I Memorial Russian Village Sacred to the Memory Seymour Seymour Korean War Memorial Seymour Revolutionary War Memorial Seymour School Bell Seymour Soldiers Monument Seymour Veterans Monument Seymour Vietnam War Memorial Seymour World War I – World War II Memorial Simeon Baldwin Simeon E. Baldwin Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine Site of the First Meeting House Site of the Theodore Roosevelt Oak So Who Lives Here, Anyway? Society of The Cincinnati Memorial Soldiers and Sailors Monument Soldiers Monument Soldiers' Memorial Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument SOS - Save Our Shore South Britain Congregational Church Southbury Southbury Veterans Memorial Southbury World War I Memorial Southbury World War II Memorial SSg Thomas E. Vitagliano St. James Church St. Stanislaus Servicemen Stephen Goodyear The Butterfly Garden at Lighthouse Point Park The Cemetery on Burying Ground Hill The Connecticut Twenty-Ninth Colored Regiment, C. V. Infantry The Falls The First Meeting House The Freedom Tree The Korean War The Lone Sailor The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” The Middlebury Fire House The Navy Cross The Oyster Industry in New Haven The Parade Ground The Patriots The Regicides The Trolley Theodore Dwight Woolsey Theophilus Eaton They Did Not Come Home Thomas Nash Town of Cheshire Memorial Plaza U.S.S. Maine Memorial UNICO National United States Rubber Employees World War I Memorial Veterans Walk Of Honor VFW Bedworth Post 2871 Monument VFW Post 1684 Memorial W.O. Michael Aaron Kight Wallingford Wallingford Korean War Monument Wallingford Revolutionary War Memorial Wallingford Soldiers Monument Wallingford Veterans Memorial Flagpole Wallingford Vietnam Veterans Monument Wallingford World War I Monument Wallingford World War II Honor Roll Walter Camp Walter Camp Memorial Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Waterbury Soldiers' Monument Waterbury Veteran’s Monument Waterbury Vietnam War Memorial Waterville Veterans West Haven West Haven Revolutionary War Memorial West Haven Twilight League 1933 West Haven Vietnam Veterans Memorial West Haven World War I Monument Westville Soldiers' Memorial Where Rochambeau Crossed the Housatonic River William A. Soderman Winged Migration Wolcott Veterans Monument Wolcott’s Pride Woodbridge Woodbridge Veterans Monument World War I Memorial World War I Memorial World War I Veterans Memorial Park World War II Roll of Honor Ye Ancient Common "Stepping Stone" “Make Us Free”
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New Haven County, located in the state of Connecticut, has a rich and varied history that dates back to the early 17th century. The area was originally inhabited by the indigenous Quinnipiac tribe before the arrival of European settlers. In 1638, English Puritans led by Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton established a settlement in the area, which would later become the city of New Haven.

During the colonial period, New Haven County played a significant role in the development of the Connecticut Colony. The settlement grew rapidly and became a major center of trade and commerce. In 1701, the city of New Haven was officially chartered as a separate municipality, and Yale College, now known as Yale University, was founded in 1701. The college became a prestigious institution and helped solidify New Haven County's reputation as an intellectual and cultural hub.

New Haven County was also a prominent player in the American Revolutionary War. The region was heavily involved in the resistance against British rule, with notable figures like Benedict Arnold and Nathan Hale hailing from the area. The Battle of New Haven in 1779 saw British forces invade the city, but thanks to the local militia's resistance, the British troops were eventually repelled.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, New Haven County thrived as an industrial center, particularly in manufacturing. The region was known for its production of firearms, clocks, and rubber goods. The city of New Haven saw significant growth and urban development during this period, attracting immigrants from all over the world, especially from Italy and Ireland. Today, New Haven County remains an important part of Connecticut's history, with its architectural landmarks, cultural institutions, and vibrant communities.

This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of New Haven County, Connecticut.

  • 1638: The New Haven Colony was founded by English Puritans
  • 1644: New Haven Colony becomes a part of the Connecticut Colony
  • 1662: Connecticut Colony receives a Royal Charter, formalizing its existence
  • 1722: New Haven County is established from the southwestern part of the Connecticut Colony
  • 1764: The city of New Haven is incorporated
  • 1885: The city of Waterbury is incorporated
  • 1893: Hamden is incorporated as a town
  • 1920: New Haven County experiences significant industrial growth
  • 1954: Construction of the Connecticut Turnpike begins
  • 1958: Yale University and the city of New Haven engage in urban renewal projects
  • 1975: The Connecticut Post Mall opens in Milford
  • 1990: The Peabody Museum of Natural History relocates to a new building at Yale
  • 2005: New Haven celebrates the 350th anniversary of its founding