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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.9 square miles (103.3 km 2), of which 39.0 square miles (101.1 km 2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km 2), or 2.16%, is water. The town of Wallingford sits astride the Quinnipiac River in northern New Haven County, roughly
The Wallingford Center Historic District encompasses the historic 18th and 19th-century town center of Wallingford, Connecticut.Extending mainly along North and South Main Streets, the district includes high-quality residential, civic, commercial, and institutional architecture from the mid-18th to early 20th centuries, reflecting the community's growth.
The Franklin Johnson House is located in a residential area south of Wallingford's central business district on the west side of South Main Street south of Prince Street. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story masonry structure, built out of brick that has been finished with stucco-like concrete scored to resemble stone. It is covered by a low-pitch hip ...
4.98 square miles (12.9 km 2) ... Northeastern Connecticut: Wallingford: Town: 1670 39.02 44,396 45,135 ... Lower Connecticut River Valley: 47,717 1784 1924 Milford:
Wharton Brook State Park is a public recreation area located off U.S. Route 5 in the towns of North Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. [3] Activities in the 96-acre (39 ha) state park center on Allen Brook Pond, a 5-acre (2.0 ha) pond that empties into Wharton Brook. [4]
This route followed the older blue-banded route from New Haven north to Hartford. At Hartford, Route 2 crossed the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge and ran north from East Hartford to Springfield on the east side of the river. [8] [9] US 5 was designated in 1926 along the Route 2 alignment. [10]
The Samuel Parsons House is a historic house museum at 180 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. Built about 1770, it is a well-preserved example of Georgian residential architecture. It has housed the local historical society since 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
A Committee to locate a mill at the first falls on the Quinnipiac River between Wallingford and Meriden was held in September 1686. In 1704 the mill was sold to William Tyler, and the community became known as Tyler's Mills. The mill and surrounding lands were sold to Charles Yale around a hundred years later, and the name of the village became ...