AND HERE WE ARE FOLKS:
AT STOP 24
ON OUR POSTCARD TRIP TO ALL 3007 U.S. COUNTIES
HERE IN THIS BLOG.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
CONNECTICUT
THIS COUNTY'S AREA IS 862 SQUARE MILES.
NEW HAVEN IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN CO.
COUNTY GOVERNMENTS WERE ABOLISHED IN CONNECTICUT IN 1960.
THIS COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED MAY 10, 1666.
YALE UNIVERSITY IS HERE. IT IS THE 3RD OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE U.S.
YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SERVES ALL OF ITS 14 CONSTITUENT SCHOOLS.
IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST ACADEMIC LIBRARY IN THE US AND HOLDS MORE THAN 15 MILLION VOLUMES. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A GIFT OF THE BEINECKE FAMILY.
POINTS AND PEOPLE OF INTEREST HERE:
NORMAN LEAR
GEORGE W. BUSH BORN HERE.
ERNEST BORGINE
AL CAPP CARTOONIST
ELI WHITNEY INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER
MICHAEL BOLTON SINGER AND SONGWRITER.
NEW HAVEN
THE THREE CHURCHES ON THE GREEN
TRINITY CHURCH, CENTER CHURCH AND UNITED CHURCH
EZRA STILES COLLEGE YALE UNIVERSITY
HYLAND HOUSE
WEST ROOM FIREPLACE
GUILFORD
PC474
PC519
MADISON
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
CONNECTICUT
PC482
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