New London, Connecticut City of New London New London Skyline from Fort Trumbull New London Skyline from Fort Trumbull Official seal of City of New London Location in New London County, Connecticut Location in New London County, Connecticut County New London County Named 1658 (New London) Website City of New London New London is a seaport town/city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.
It is positioned at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Southeastern Connecticut.
For a several decades beginning in the early 19th century, New London was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports, along with Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts.
New London later became home to other shipping and manufacturing industries, but has gradually lost its commercial and industrialized heart. New London is now well known in Connecticut for its richness of art and prominent music scene. The town/city is home to the United States Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut College, Mitchell College, and The Williams School.
The Coast Guard Station New London and New London Harbor is home port to the U.S.
New London had a populace of 27,620 at the 2010 census.
The Norwich-New London urbane region (NECTA) includes twenty-one suburbs and 274,055 citizens . 2 Towns created from New London New London (2000) New London (2005) New London in 1813 The Parade in 1883, with a barns station assembled in 1864 at right (replaced by New London Union Station in 1887) and ferryboats in the river In the 1650s, the colonists wanted to give the town the official name of London after London, England, but the Connecticut General Assembly wanted to name it Faire Harbour.
The people protested, declaring that they would prefer it to be called Nameaug if it couldn't be officially titled London. The council relented, and the town was officially titled New London on March 10, 1658.
The harbor was considered to be the best deep water harbor on Long Island Sound, and consequently New London became a base of American naval operations amid the Revolutionary War.
Famous New Londoners amid the American Revolution include Nathan Hale, William Coit, Richard Douglass, Thomas & Nathaniel Shaw, Gen.
New London was raided and much of it burned to the ground on September 6, 1781 in the Battle of Groton Heights by Norwich native Benedict Arnold in an attempt to destroy the Revolutionary privateer fleet and supplies of goods and naval stores inside the city.
It is often noted that this raid on New London and Groton was intended to divert General Washington and the French Army under Rochambeau from their march on Yorktown, Virginia.
The chief defensive fort for New London was Fort Griswold, positioned athwart the Thames River in Groton.
After overrunning New London's Fort Trumbull, Ft.
New London suffered over 6 militia killed and 24 wounded, while Arnold and the British and Hessian raiding party suffered an equal amount. Connecticut's autonomous council made New London one of the first two metros/cities brought from de facto to formalized incorporations in its January session of 1784, along with New Haven.
In fact, a submarine-deployed torpedo was used in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy HMS Ramillies while in New London's harbor.
For a several decades beginning in the early 19th century, New London was one of the three busiest whaling ports in the world, along with Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The New Haven and New London Railroad connected New London by rail to New Haven and points beyond by the 1850s.
The Springfield and New London Railroad connected New London to Springfield, Massachusetts by the 1870s.
Several military installations have been part of New London's history, including the United States Coast Guard Academy and Coast Guard Station New London. Most of these military installations have been positioned at Fort Trumbull.
By 1910, the fort's defensive function had been superseded by the new forts of the Endicott Program, primarily positioned on Fishers Island.
In 1990, the Sound Laboratory was consolidated with the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport, Rhode Island, and the New London facility was closed in 1996. The Naval Submarine Base New London is physically positioned in Groton, but submarines were stationed in New London from 1951 to 1991.
The submarine tender Fulton and Submarine Squadron 10 were at State Pier in New London amid this time.
The family of Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) were intimately connected to New London.
A primary O'Neill archive is positioned at Connecticut College, and a family home in New London is a exhibition and registered nationwide historic landmark directed by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Towns created from New London New London originally had a larger territory area when it was established.
Fishers Island officially left Connecticut and became part of New York in 1879.
49% of New London's region is water.
In terms of territory area, New London is one of the smallest metros/cities in Connecticut.
The town and town/city of New London are coextensive.
The suburbs of Groton, Ledyard, Montville, and Waterford, and portions of Salem and East Lyme, now occupy what had earlier been the outlying region of New London. New London is bounded on the west and north by the town of Waterford, on the east by the Thames River and Groton, and on the south by Long Island Sound.
New London, like the rest of coastal Connecticut, lies in the transition between a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification: Dfa) and humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), as is typical for much of the Tri-State Area (NY/NJ/CT).
The town/city appreciates a sunny climate, averaging 2,600 hours of sunlight annually, and is the mildest large town/city in Connecticut in winter.
Spring and Fall are mild in New London, with daytime highs in the 55 to 70 F range and lows in the 40 to 50 F range.
The first frost in the New London region is normally not until early November, almost three weeks later than parts of northern Connecticut.
New London normally sees severaler than 25 days annually with snow cover.
Tropical cyclones (hurricanes/tropical storms) have hit Connecticut and the New London urbane area, although infrequently.
Tropical Storm Irene (2011) also caused moderate damage along the Connecticut coast, as did Hurricane Sandy (which made landfall in New Jersey) in 2012.
Coastal Connecticut (including New London) is the broad transition zone where so-called "subtropical indicator" plants and other broadleaf evergreens can successfully be cultivated.
New London averages about 90 days annually with freeze, about the same as Baltimore, Maryland.
The burgeoning season is quite long in New London, like much of coastal Connecticut and Long Island, NY, averaging 210 days from April 8 to November 5.
Climate data for Groton New London Airport (GON) (1981-2010), snow data from Norwich, Connecticut (1981-2010).
Average snowy days ( 0.05) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 According to the 2006 2008 American Community Survey, non-Hispanic caucasians made up 54.6% of New London's population.
New London Union Station New London is positioned about 107 miles (172 km) from Boston, Massachusetts, 56 miles (90 km) from Providence, Rhode Island, 85 miles (137 km) from New Bedford, Massachusetts, and about 128 miles (206 km) from New York City.
By land, New London is almost exactly midway between New York City and Boston.
The primary seaboard interstate highway, I-95, passes through the city, and New London's Amtrak station is on the passenger rail Northeast Corridor.
New Haven is 47 mi (76 km) to the west along I-95.
New London Union Station is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Acela Express county-wide rail services, plus Shore Line East (SLE) commuter rail service.
Downtown New London is also served by small-town taxi companies, county-wide Southeast Area Transit buses, interstate Greyhound Lines buses, the Cross Sound Ferry to Long Island, the Fishers Island Ferry District, and in summer by the Block Island Express ferry.
In 2010, the Estuary Transit District began enhance transit service between the New London transit center and Old Saybrook.
The Groton-New London Airport is positioned in neighboring Groton, and two primary airports T.
Green and Bradley International Airport are inside 75 minutes driving time, as is the lesser Tweed New Haven Regional Airport.
Rail freight is by the Providence & Worcester Railroad and the New England Central Railroad.
New London is also occasionally visited by cruise ships. The town/city of New London has 56 firefighters and EMTs in the New London Fire Department(NLFD).
The New London Fire Department also operates a fire apparatus fleet of 3 Engines, 2 Trucks, 2 Ambulances, 1 Fire Investigation Unit, 1 Canteen Unit, and a several other special, support, and reserve units.
Municipal Building on State Street in New London Ballot on New London voting machine New London recently[when?] changed their form of government from council-manager to Strong Mayor-Council after a charter revision.
New London (2000) New London that "prevent incessant job turnover caused by hiring overqualified applicants" was legal grounds for disqualifying an applicant seeking a job with the New London Police. Plaintiff Robert Jordan took the Wonderlic Personnel Test in 1996 as part of the city's application process; his score on that test was above the range required by the police department to legally narrow down the list of who qualify to take the next step in the application process.
New London (2005) The neighborhood of Fort Trumbull, consisting of about 20 single- and multi-family homes assembled in the early 20th Century, was completed in the late 2000s as part of a plan for the economic evolution of New London.
City of New London, which was won by the city.
The Fort Trumbull Municipal Development Plan (MDP), allowed in 2000, was one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the history of the City of New London.
The Fort Trumbull District/MDP region is approximately one mile from New London's Historic Downtown Waterfront District.
City of New London in a 5-4 vote, determining that the town/city may seize privately owned real property under eminent domain so that it could be used for private economic development.
The case was centered around pharmaceutical business Pfizer's accomplishments to construct a mixed-use complex that encompassed a condominium, hotel, conference center, community club, and stores on the site of private homes in New London's Fort Trumbull neighborhood, in conjunction with a research facility that Pfizer was building nearby.
The city's chosen redeveloper was not able to get financing for the project. Even though the town/city expended over eighty million dollars acquiring and demolishing homes, the region where the taken homes once stood remained vacant (as of 2015). In November, 2009, Pfizer announced that they were method their facility adjoining to the site and moving those operations athwart the Thames River to their site in Groton. The New London ground was sold to General Dynamics in 2010, who have established design offices at the site. New London Main Street is a non-profit civic organization established in 1998, devoted to the New London Historic Waterfront District.
New London has a respected symphony orchestra, a military wind ensemble, and a small-town tradition of R&B and rock-n-roll.
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, established in 1946 and led by Toshiyuki Shimada, who is also conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra in New Haven.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut Coast Guard Station New London New London County Historical Society Shaw-Perkins Mansion (1758) New London Maritime Society U.S.
Fishers Island (7 miles off the coast of New London, but presently part of New York). Harry Daghlian, a New London native who was the first person to die as the result of a radioactive criticality accident.
A small memorial to Daghlian sits in a New London park.
Matt Harvey (born 1989), MLB pitcher for the New York Mets John Mc - Cain (born 1936), senator and Republican presidential nominee (lived in New London as a child when his father, John S.
Thomas Minor (1608 1690), founder and early New England diarist Waller (1839 1924), Mayor of New London and 51st Governor of Connecticut "Welcome to New London, Connecticut - Home".
Abstracts from the New London Gazette Covering Southeastern Connecticut, 1763-1769.
Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of New London, Connecticut, from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860, Library of Congress, 1895.
"The Battle of Groton Heights & Burning of New London".
Coast Guard Station New London official web page "New London County, Connecticut County Subdivision and Place".
"Historic Averages-New London, Connecticut".
"New London city, Connecticut ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006 2008".
"New London city, Connecticut Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006 2008".
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The Church on the Hill: A history of the Second Congregational Church, New London, Connecticut 1835-1985.
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The New London Day.
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