Prospect
Prospect is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Waterbury to its north, and is on the north-eastern fringes of the New York metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,400 residents
- Description: town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Prospect, Connecticut”, “Prospect, CT”, and “Waterbury South Farms”
- Postal code: 06712
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prospect Green Historic District and Regional School District 16.
Prospect Green Historic District
Village green
Prospect Green Historic District is a historic district in the New England town of Prospect, Connecticut. The district is centered on the Prospect Green, the town green.
Regional School District 16
Regional School District 16 is a school district made up of the towns of Beacon Falls and Prospect in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is currently run by Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin.Roaring Brook Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Jgcoleman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roaring Brook Falls is a waterfall in the southwestern hills of Cheshire, Connecticut in the Northeastern United States. Formed as the eponymous Roaring Brook descends a wooded cliffside on West Mountain, the waterfall is an 80-foot horsetail and ranks as one of the tallest in the state. Roaring Brook Falls is situated 2½ miles southeast of Prospect.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheshire and Naugatuck.
Cheshire
Town
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cheshire, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Cheshire was 28,733. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. Cheshire is situated 4 miles east of Prospect.
Naugatuck
Town
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Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town, part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, had a population of 31,519 as of the 2020 census. Naugatuck is situated 4 miles west of Prospect.
Town Plot Hill
Hamlet
Town Plot is a neighborhood in the west end of the city of Waterbury, Connecticut. Town Plot Hill is situated 4½ miles northwest of Prospect.
Prospect
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Prospect, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.50232° or 41° 30′ 8″ northLongitude
-72.97872° or 72° 58′ 43″ westPopulation
9,400Elevation
879 feet (268 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PPUOpen location code
87H9G22C+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 158809224OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Prospect” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Prospect”
- Catalan: “Prospect”
- Cebuano: “Prospect”
- Chechen: “Проспект”
- Chinese: “展望”
- Dutch: “Prospect”
- French: “Prospect”
- German: “Prospect”
- Haitian: “Prospect, Connecticut”
- Haitian: “Prospect”
- Hungarian: “Prospect”
- Italian: “Prospect”
- Japanese: “プロスペクト”
- Kazakh: “Проспект”
- Kirghiz: “Проспект”
- Mazanderani: “پروسپکت”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prospect”
- Norwegian: “Prospect”
- Polish: “Prospect”
- Spanish: “Prospect”
- Swahili: “Matarajio”
- Swedish: “Prospect, Connecticut”
- Swedish: “Prospect”
- Tatar: “Проспект”
- Turkish: “Prospect”
- Ukrainian: “Проспект”
- Urdu: “پراسپیکٹ، کنیکٹیکٹ”
- Urdu: “پراسپیکٹ”
- Volapük: “Prospect (CT)”
- Volapük: “Prospect, Connecticut”
- Volapük: “Prospect, CT”
- Volapük: “Prospect”
- Welsh: “Prospect, Connecticut”
- Welsh: “Prospect”
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