Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about West Haven came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of West Haven in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Haven. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Haven data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Haven:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Connecticut (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Connecticut (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

West Haven is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found West Haven in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for West Haven for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for West Haven. See our Misc Page for West Haven for more information.

Railroad Mentions of West Haven:

West Haven was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for West Haven: www.cityofwesthaven.com/

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/