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  • 1839 - Madison
    Madison, Connecticut
    New Haven county. This town was taken from Guilford in 1826. It lies on Long Island Sound, and embraces what is called Hammonasset Point. This town lies 18 miles E. by S. from New Haven and 33 S. from Hartford. Population, 1830, 1,809. The soil of the town is stony, and...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - Madison
    Madison, a post-village and seaport of New Haven county, Connecticut, on the New Haven and New London railroad, 21 miles E. from New Haven. It contains a Congregational church, an academy, and several stores. Manufacturing and ship building are carried on to a considerable extent. Population of the ...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - Madison
    Madison, a post-village in Madison township, New Haven co., Conn., on Long Island Sound, and on the Shore Line Railroad, 20 miles E. of New Haven. It has 2 or 3 churches, an academy, a ship-yard, and manufactures of straw board and fish oil. The township contains 4 churches and a pop. of 1814.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

  • Madison, Connecticut, USA
    Cresent Beach looking West, Madison, Conn.
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  • 1906
    Madison, a post-village in Madison township (town), New Haven CO., Conn., on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 20 miles E. of New Haven. It has various manufactures. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1518.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

  • Madison, Connecticut, USA
    Hammonassett Beach, Madison, Conn.
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  • Madison, Connecticut, USA
    The Old Mills at Duckholes, Madison, Conn.
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  • Madison, Connecticut, USA
    Main St., Madison, Conn.
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Hammonassett Beach, Madison, Conn.

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The Old Mills at Duckholes, Madison, Conn.
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  • 1839 - Madison
    Madison, Connecticut
    New Haven county. This town was taken from Guilford in 1826. It lies on Long Island Sound, and embraces what is called Hammonasset Point. This town lies 18 miles E. by S. from New Haven and 33 S. from Hartford. Population, 1830, 1,809. The soil of the town is stony, and... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Madison
    Madison, a post-village and seaport of New Haven county, Connecticut, on the New Haven and New London railroad, 21 miles E. from New Haven. It contains a Congregational church, an academy, and several stores. Manufacturing and ship building are carried on to a considerable extent. Population of the ... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Madison
    Madison, a post-village in Madison township, New Haven co., Conn., on Long Island Sound, and on the Shore Line Railroad, 20 miles E. of New Haven. It has 2 or 3 churches, an academy, a ship-yard, and manufactures of straw board and fish oil. The township contains 4 churches and a pop. of 1814.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  • 1906
    Madison, a post-village in Madison township (town), New Haven CO., Conn., on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 20 miles E. of New Haven. It has various manufactures. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1518.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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