Devon

The village of Devon is a neighborhood of the city of Milford, Connecticut, United States. It lies on the southwest corner of the city bordering Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Housatonic River.

Type: Village
Description: neighborhood of the city of Milford, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Naugatuck Junction”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington Bridge and Moses Wheeler Bridge.

Washington Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Sgt. R.K. Blue, CC BY 3.0.

The Washington Bridge, also known as the Devon Bridge, carries Route 1 over the Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, connecting the city of Milford to the town of Stratford.

Moses Wheeler Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Markvs88, Public domain.

Moses Wheeler Bridge carries Interstate 95 over the Housatonic River between Stratford and the Devon section of Milford. The current bridge is a 14-span continuous girder and floorbeam structure that carries three lanes of traffic in each direction, with full inside and outside shoulders.

Carting Island

Islet

Carting Island is the largest of the four islands owned by Stratford, Connecticut, in the Housatonic River between I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, east of Peacock Island, and southwest of Long Island, and Pope's Flat, it is also south of Fowler Island in Milford and the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratford and Stratford Center Historic District.

Stratford

Photo: Igor154, Public domain.

Stratford is a town in Connecticut. Stratford, Connecticut was founded in 1639. It is in New England and located on the Long Island Sound. It is east of the Housatonic River and it also part of Fairfield County.

Stratford Center Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

The Stratford Center Historic District is a 220-acre historic district in Stratford, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Stratford Center Historic District is situated 1½ miles southwest of Devon.

Putney

Hamlet

Putney is a section in the north end of Stratford, Connecticut. The area includes Boothe Memorial Park and Museum and Putney Chapel and abuts the neighborhood of Oronoque. Putney is situated 2½ miles north of Devon.

Devon

Categories: suburb and locality
Location: Milford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Greater New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.20215° or 41° 12′ 8″ north

Longitude

-73.10205° or 73° 6′ 7″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87H86V2X+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158845669

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

4832781

Wikidata ID

Q5267678

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Devon” goes by many names.

Chinese: “德文 (康乃狄克州米爾福德)”
Chinese: “德文”
Turkish: “Devon”

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