New-Haven, the seat of justice of the county, and semi-capital of the State, is situated at the head of the bay of the same name, upon Long-Island sound, in 41 degrees 18 north lat. and 72 degrees 56 mins west lon., 34 miles southwest from Hartford, 52 miles west from New-London, and 76 northeast of New-York. It is bounded on the north by Woodbridge and Hamden, on the east by the Quinipiack river, which separates it from East-Haven, on the south by New-Haven bay and Long-Island sound, and on the west by Milford; comprising an area, exclusive of the bay, of about eighteen square miles, having a mean length of nearly five miles, with a medium breadth of more than three and a half miles...
A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care and Impartiality, from Original and Authentic Materials : Consisting of Two Parts ... : with an Accurate and Improved Map of Each State
Authors John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles
Publisher W.S. Marsh, 1819
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