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Gales Ferry

Gales Ferry is a census-designated place and village in the town of , , United States. It is located along the eastern bank of the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,160 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Gale Ferry”, “Gale Town”, “Gale-town”, “Gale’s Ferry”, “Gales Ferry, Connecticut”, and “Gales Ferry, CT”
  • Postal code: 06335

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uncasville School and Nathan Lester House.

Town hall
Photo: CLK Hatcher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a historic school building at 310 Norwich-New London Turnpike in the section of . Designed by architect Wilson Potter, it was built during 1917-1918 by local contractor H.

Museum
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic house museum at 153 Vinegar Hill Road in the Gales Ferry section of . Built in 1793, it is a well-preserved example of an unpretentious late 18th-century farmhouse, and one of the few houses of that age left in the town. is situated 1½ miles east of Gales Ferry.

Peak
Photo: RJFerret, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Gungywamp is an archaeological site in consisting of artifacts and the remains of colonial structures. The site includes the remains of houses and a storage structure, as well as a double circle of stones near its center. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Gales Ferry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allyn Point and Uncasville.

Hamlet
Allyn's Point is a location on the in , . It was the southern terminal of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad from 1843 to 1899 and briefly hosted a steamboat connection with the Long Island Rail Road.

Suburb
Photo: JJBers, CC BY 4.0.
Montville is a town in . It includes the villages of Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale and .

Neighborhood
Photo: CLK Hatcher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The encompasses the center a mainly residential village in northeastern . Running in a mostly linear fashion along Old Norwich Road between Connecticut Route 32 and Richard Grove Road, the area first grew… is situated 2 miles southwest of Gales Ferry.

Gales Ferry

Latitude
41.42807° or 41° 25′ 41″ north
Longitude
-72.08394° or 72° 5′ 2″ west
Population
1,160
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GSF
Open location code
87H9CWH8+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158918112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4834837
Wiki­data ID
Q5518477
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gales Ferry” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غالس فيري”
  • Basque: “Gales Ferry”
  • Cebuano: “Gales Ferry”
  • Chinese: “蓋爾斯費里”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جالس فيرى”
  • French: “Gales Ferry”
  • German: “Gales Ferry”
  • Gilaki: “گیلز فري (کنتيکت)”
  • Gilaki: “گیلز فري”
  • Irish: “Gales Ferry”
  • Italian: “Gales Ferry”
  • Ladin: “Gales Ferry”
  • Persian: “گیلز فری، کنتیکت”
  • Persian: “گیلز فری”
  • Serbian: “Гејлс Фери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gales Ferry, Connecticut”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gales Ferry”
  • Spanish: “Gales Ferry (Connecticut)”
  • Spanish: “Gales Ferry”
  • Turkish: “Gales Ferry”
  • Welsh: “Gales Ferry, Connecticut”
  • Welsh: “Gales Ferry”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gales Ferry Historic District No. 2 and Gales Ferry Historic District No. 1.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bishop Seabury Anglican Church and Gales Ferry Post Office.

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