Connecticut
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Town of Cheshire

Cheshire

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 .
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  • Type: Town with 28,800 residents
  • Description: town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: “Cheshire Center”, “Cheshire, Connecticut”, and “Cheshire, CT”
  • Postal codes: 06408, 06410, and 06411
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Congregational Church and Cheshire Academy.

Church
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The of Cheshire is a historic church at 111 Church Drive in Cheshire, Connecticut. Built in 1827, it was designed by David Hoadley and is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture.

School
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is a co-educational college preparatory school located in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1794 as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, it is the eleventh oldest boarding school in the United States.

Peak
of south-central , 371 feet, is a traprock mountain ridge located in Cheshire, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of to the border. is situated 2 miles northwest of Cheshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect and Yalesville.

Village
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is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of to its north, and is on the north-eastern fringes of the . is situated 4 miles west of Cheshire.

Village
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is an unincorporated village in , United States. The village was founded in 1677, and was originally called "First Falls". It was renamed in 1808. is situated 4 miles east of Cheshire.

Village
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is a neighborhood in the incorporated town of , Hartford County, , United States. is situated 4½ miles north of Cheshire.

Cheshire

Latitude
41.49894° or 41° 29′ 56″ north
Longitude
-72.90099° or 72° 54′ 4″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CHC
Open location code
87H9F3XX+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158816529
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5283837
Wiki­data ID
Q755226
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cheshire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشيشاير”
  • Basque: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Basque: “Cheshire”
  • Belarusian: “Чэшыр”
  • Catalan: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Catalan: “Cheshire”
  • Cebuano: “Cheshire”
  • Chechen: “Чешир”
  • Chinese: “Cheshire”
  • Chinese: “切希尔”
  • Chinese: “切希爾”
  • Czech: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Czech: “Cheshire”
  • Danish: “Cheshire”
  • Dutch: “Cheshire Village”
  • Dutch: “Cheshire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشيشاير”
  • French: “Cheshire”
  • Galician: “Cheshire”
  • German: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • German: “Cheshire”
  • Haitian: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • Haitian: “Cheshire”
  • Hebrew: “צ’שייר”
  • Hungarian: “Cheshire”
  • Ido: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • Ido: “Cheshire”
  • Irish: “Cheshire”
  • Italian: “Cheshire”
  • Japanese: “チェシャー”
  • Kazakh: “Çeşaïr”
  • Kazakh: “Чешаир”
  • Kazakh: “تشەشاىير”
  • Kirghiz: “Чешаир”
  • Korean: “체셔”
  • Mazanderani: “چشایر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cheshire”
  • Newari: “चेशायर भिलेज (कनेक्टिकट)”
  • Newari: “चेशायर भिलेज, कनेक्टिकट”
  • Newari: “चेशायर भिलेज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheshire”
  • Norwegian: “Cheshire”
  • Persian: “چشر (کنتیکت)”
  • Persian: “چشر”
  • Polish: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Polish: “Cheshire”
  • Portuguese: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Portuguese: “Cheshire”
  • Russian: “Чешир”
  • Scots: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • Scots: “Cheshire”
  • Serbian: “Чешир Вилиџ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cheshire Village, Connecticut”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cheshire Village”
  • Silesian: “Cheshire”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چشر (کنتیکت)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چشر”
  • Spanish: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Spanish: “Cheshire”
  • Swedish: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • Swedish: “Cheshire”
  • Tatar: “Чешир”
  • Turkish: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • Turkish: “Cheshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Чешир”
  • Urdu: “چیشائر، کنیکٹیکٹ”
  • Urdu: “چیشائر”
  • Uzbek: “Cheshire”
  • Uzbek: “Чешире”
  • Volapük: “Cheshire (Connecticut)”
  • Volapük: “Cheshire”
  • Welsh: “Cheshire Village”
  • Welsh: “Cheshire, Connecticut”
  • “Cheshire”
  • “Cheshire (Connecticut)”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cheshire Town Hall and The Church Green.

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