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Meriden

Connecticut, United States
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Meriden, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Meriden, New Haven county, central Connecticut, U.S. Meriden is situated on the Quinnipiac River with the Hanging Hills to the west. It was settled in 1661 by Jonathan Gilbert, who named it for his birthplace, Meriden Farm in Dorking, England. It became a separate parish in 1726 and was incorporated as a town and set off from Wallingford in 1806. The city was incorporated in 1867 and...

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