West Haven

West Haven is a city in . It is not a common tourist destination and is probably best known for its proximity to and Yale University.
cityofwesthaven.com
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
  • Type: Town with 55,600 residents
  • Description: city in Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: “West Haven, Connecticut” and “West Haven, CT”
  • Postal code: 06516
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Haven station and West Haven City Hall.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in West Haven, Connecticut. The station was built on Sawmill Road between Hood Terrace and Railroad Avenue, in the Elm Street-Wagner Place neighborhood.

Town hall
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
is a town hall.

School
is a secondary school located in West Haven, Connecticut, which educates students in grades 9–12. The mascot of West Haven is the Blue Devil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Point and The Hill.

Hamlet
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
is an area in what is now The Hill Neighborhood of the City of , located in the Southwestern portion of the City. The area was, when settled and through the 18th century, a relatively narrow peninsula extending south into , located where the empties into the harbor.

Neighborhood
Photo: YNHHEditor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the southwesternmost neighborhood of New Haven, . As early as 1800, this area was known as "Sodom Hill". Located directly south of , this neighborhood is home to residential areas, some light industry, New Haven Union Station as well as Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine.

Neighborhood
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
, originally known as Village of Spireworth and Mount Pleasant, is a well-preserved 19th-century neighborhood in the Hill section of .

West Haven

Latitude
41.2707° or 41° 16′ 14″ north
Longitude
-72.947° or 72° 56′ 49″ west
Population
55,600
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WHC
Open location code
87H973C3+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158802408
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4845419
Wiki­data ID
Q54219
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover West Haven from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“West Haven” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست هيفن”
  • Basque: “West Haven”
  • Catalan: “West Haven”
  • Cebuano: “West Haven”
  • Chamorro: “West Haven”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Гейвен”
  • Chinese: “West Haven”
  • Chinese: “希雲西”
  • Chinese: “西黑文”
  • Croatian: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Croatian: “West Haven”
  • Czech: “West Haven”
  • Dagbani: “West Haven”
  • Danish: “West Haven”
  • Dutch: “West Haven”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت هيفن”
  • Estonian: “West Haven”
  • French: “West Haven”
  • German: “West Haven”
  • Gilaki: “وست هیون”
  • Haitian: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Haitian: “West Haven”
  • Hebrew: “וסט הייבן”
  • Irish: “West Haven”
  • Italian: “West Haven”
  • Japanese: “ウェストヘイブン”
  • Kazakh: “Вэст Хэйвн”
  • Kirghiz: “Вест Хэвен”
  • Kirghiz: “Вэст Хэйвн”
  • Korean: “웨스트헤이븐”
  • Ladin: “West Haven”
  • Malagasy: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Malagasy: “West Haven”
  • Malay: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Malay: “West Haven”
  • Marathi: “वेस्ट हेवन”
  • Mazanderani: “وست هاون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Haven”
  • Newari: “वेस्ट ह्याभेन, कनेक्टिकट”
  • Newari: “वेस्ट ह्याभेन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Haven”
  • Norwegian: “West Haven”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “West Haven”
  • Persian: “وست هیون، کنتیکت”
  • Persian: “وست هیون”
  • Polish: “West Haven”
  • Portuguese: “West Haven”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Хейвен”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “West Haven”
  • Serbian: “Вест Хејвен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Haven”
  • Slovak: “West Haven”
  • Slovenian: “West Haven”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وزت هاون، کانتیکت”
  • Spanish: “West Haven (Connecticut)”
  • Spanish: “West Haven”
  • Swedish: “West Haven”
  • Talysh: “Vest Hejven”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Гейвен (Коннектикут)”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Гейвен”
  • Turkish: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Turkish: “West Haven”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Гейвен”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیون، کنیکٹیکٹ”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیون”
  • Uzbek: “West Haven”
  • Vietnamese: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Vietnamese: “West Haven”
  • Volapük: “West Haven”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Haven”
  • Welsh: “West Haven, Connecticut”
  • Welsh: “West Haven”
  • “West Haven”
  • “West Haven (Connecticut)”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “West Haven”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Savin Rock and City Point Historic District.

Greater New Haven: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into New Haven, Milford, Orange, and Madison.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.