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Meriden (Conn.)

LC control no.n 81055345
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Geographic headingMeriden (Conn.)
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Geographic subdivision usageConnecticut--Meriden
Beginning date1661
Associated placeNew Haven County (Conn.)
Special noteOld catalog heading: Meriden, Conn.
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 41°32ʹ17ʺN 072°48ʹ25ʺW)
GNIS, viewed Dec. 3, 2018 (City of Meriden; civil, New Haven [county], CT, 41°32'12"N, 72°47'40"W
Connecticut place names, 1976: page 297, etc. (Meriden; settled in 1661 as a part of Wallingford, made a separate parish in 1726, incorp. as a separate town in 1806, made a city in 1867, and the city and town were consolidated in 1922)
Geographic area coden-us-ct