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Greater New Haven is the metropolitan area whose extent includes those towns in the U.S. state of Connecticut that share an economic, social, political, and historical focus on the city of New Haven. It occupies the south-central portion of the state, in a radius around New Haven.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 59.1 sq mi (153 km 2), of which 57.8 sq mi (150 km 2) is land and 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km 2), or 2.22%, is water. Newtown is located in northern Fairfield County, about 45 mi (72 km) southwest of Hartford and about 42 mi (68 km) northeast of New York City. [10]
The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority is a non-profit public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Connecticut, but its core business was originally established and operated as the New Haven Water Company, a private business.
The COGs are meant to aid coordination among neighboring cities and towns, and between the towns and the state government, on issues including land use, zoning, and transportation. They serve some functions analogous to county governments in other states, but have no independent taxing authority (Connecticut disbanded county governments in 1960).
In practice, as is the case in most of New England, their authority has been very broadly construed, and there is a long-standing tradition of local autonomy. Towns traditionally had the town meeting form of government, which is still used by some of the 169 towns.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Connecticut designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
North Branford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 13,544 at the 2020 census. [1] The town is primarily known for agriculture and for other points of interest including Lake Gaillard and Northford Ice Pavilion. Wallingford, Durham, and ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.6 square miles (115.4 km 2), of which 32.8 square miles (84.9 km 2) is land and 11.8 square miles (30.5 km 2), or 26.43%, is water. [4] The town center CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2), all land.