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New London is a seaport city and a port of entry
Port of entry

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 on the northeast coast of the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River
Thames River (Connecticut)

The Thames River is a short river and tidal estuary in the United States state of Connecticut. It flows south for 15 mi. through eastern Connecticut from the junction of the Yantic and Shetucket Rivers at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at the Long Island Sound....
 in New London County
New London County, Connecticut

New London County is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2000 the population was 259,088.As is the case with all eight of Connecticut's counties, there is no county government, and no county seat....
, southeastern Connecticut
Southeastern Connecticut

The Southeastern Connecticut region comprises, as the name suggests, the southeastern corner of the state of Connecticut. It is sometimes referred to as Greater New London or by the tourist slogan Mystic, Connecticut and More....
.

The city is home to Connecticut College
Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a highly selective coeducational private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in New London, Connecticut. It is located on the Thames River , on which the College's crew and sailing teams practice....
, Mitchell College
Mitchell College

For the North Carolina college formerly known as Mitchell College, see Mitchell Community College.Mitchell College is a liberal arts college located on the banks of the Thames River , in New London, Connecticut, United States....
, the United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy

The United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut, it is one of the five United States Service academies....
, and The Williams School
The Williams School

The Williams School is a coeducational Independent school high school located on the campus of Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1891 as the Williams Memorial Institute, a high school for girls, the school became co-educational in 1971....
. New London Harbor is home port to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
United States Coast Guard Cutter

A United States Coast Guard cutter is any vessel operated by the United States Coast Guard that is over 65 feet in length....
  and the Coast Guard's
United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
 tall ship
Tall ship

A tall ship is a large traditionally rigging sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques....
 Eagle
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)

The is a barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in American government service....
.

New London had a population of 25,671 at the 2000 census.






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New London is a seaport city and a port of entry
Port of entry

A port of entry is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has a staff of persons who check passports and Visa and inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported....
 on the northeast coast of the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River
Thames River (Connecticut)

The Thames River is a short river and tidal estuary in the United States state of Connecticut. It flows south for 15 mi. through eastern Connecticut from the junction of the Yantic and Shetucket Rivers at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at the Long Island Sound....
 in New London County
New London County, Connecticut

New London County is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2000 the population was 259,088.As is the case with all eight of Connecticut's counties, there is no county government, and no county seat....
, southeastern Connecticut
Southeastern Connecticut

The Southeastern Connecticut region comprises, as the name suggests, the southeastern corner of the state of Connecticut. It is sometimes referred to as Greater New London or by the tourist slogan Mystic, Connecticut and More....
.

The city is home to Connecticut College
Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a highly selective coeducational private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in New London, Connecticut. It is located on the Thames River , on which the College's crew and sailing teams practice....
, Mitchell College
Mitchell College

For the North Carolina college formerly known as Mitchell College, see Mitchell Community College.Mitchell College is a liberal arts college located on the banks of the Thames River , in New London, Connecticut, United States....
, the United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy

The United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut, it is one of the five United States Service academies....
, and The Williams School
The Williams School

The Williams School is a coeducational Independent school high school located on the campus of Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1891 as the Williams Memorial Institute, a high school for girls, the school became co-educational in 1971....
. New London Harbor is home port to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
United States Coast Guard Cutter

A United States Coast Guard cutter is any vessel operated by the United States Coast Guard that is over 65 feet in length....
  and the Coast Guard's
United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
 tall ship
Tall ship

A tall ship is a large traditionally rigging sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques....
 Eagle
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)

The is a barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in American government service....
.

New London had a population of 25,671 at the 2000 census. The Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich, known as "The Rose of New England," is a city in, and former county seat of, New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
-New London metropolitan area (NECTA ) includes twenty-one towns and 266,618 people . The population of the city of New London is 26,174 .

History

The area was called Nameaug by the Pequot
Pequot

See Main articles:*Mashantucket Pequots*Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation.The 'Pequot' are a tribal nation of Native Americans in the United Statess who, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut....
 Indians. John Winthrop, Jr. founded the first English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 settlement here in 1646, making it about the 13th town settled in Connecticut. Inhabitants informally named it Pequot after the tribe. The Connecticut General Assembly
Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly is the State legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member lower house Connecticut House of Representatives and the 36-member upper house Connecticut Senate....
 wanted to name the town Faire Harbour, but the citizens protested, declaring that they would prefer it to be called Nameaug. The legislature relented, and on March 10, 1658 the town was offically named after London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

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.

The harbor was considered to be the best deep water harbor on Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
 , and consequently New London became a base of American naval operations during the Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
. Famous New Londoners during the American Revolution include Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale was an officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British....
, William Coit, Richard Douglass
Richard Douglass

Richard Douglass was born in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut in 1746 to Stephen & Patience Douglass. Richard Douglass ran a likely successful Cooper business....
, Thomas & Nathaniel Shaw, Gen.Samuel Parsons, Printer Timothy Green, Reverend Seabury. New London was raided & nearly burned to the ground on September 6, 1781 Battle of Groton Heights
Battle of Groton Heights

}|-||}The Battle of Groton Heights was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781 between a small Continental Army force led by William Ledyard and the more numerous Kingdom of Great Britain forces led by Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre....
, by Norwich Native Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold V was a General officer during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army, but switched sides to the British Empire....
 in the attempts to destroy the colonial privateer
Privateer

A privateer was a private warship authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Strictly, a privateer was only entitled by its state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime....
 fleet and storage of goods and naval stores within the city. Often noted that this raid on New London and Groton was to devert General Washington and the French Army under Rochambeau from their march on Yorktown, VA. The main defensive fort for New London, Fort Griswold
Fort Griswold

File:Fort Griswold plan.gifFort Griswold is an United States military base, now decommissioned, in Groton, Connecticut. Named after then Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold , the fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War....
, located across the Thames River in Groton
Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a New England town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 United States Census....
, was well known by Arnold who sold its secrets to the British fleet so they could avoid its artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 fire. Ft.Griswold was attacked and the British suffered great casualties before eventually storming the fort and slaugtering of the militia whom defended the fort. All told more than 52 British Soldiers and 83 Militia were killed and more than 142 British and 39 Militia were wounded, many mortally. New London suffered more than 6 militia killed and 24 wounded while Arnold and British & Hessian Raiding party suffered an equal amount.

Connecticut's independent legislature, in its January session of 1784, made New London one of the first two cities (along with New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
) brought from de facto
De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not necessarily ordained by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique that are found in the common experience as created or developed without or contrary to a regulation....
 to formalized incorporations.

For several decades beginning in the early 19th century , New London was the second busiest whaling
Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales and dates back to at least 4,000 BC. The evolution of traditional Arctic whaling developed with increasing rapidity with early organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory ships along with the concept of whale "har...
 port after New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford, Massachusetts

New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, located about 51 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, 28 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, and about 12 miles east of Fall River, Massachusetts....
 in the world. The wealth that whaling brought into the city furnished the capital to fund much of the city's present architecture.
State Street, New London, Ct
The New Haven and New London Railroad connected New London by rail to New Haven and points beyond by the 1850s. The Springfield and New London Railroad
Springfield and New London Railroad

The Springfield and New London Railroad is a historic railroad in Massachusetts and Connecticut. It was Incorporation in Massachusetts as the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad on May 2, 1849....
 connected New London to Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the largest city on the Connecticut River, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States.In the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 154,082....
 by the 1870s.

The family of Nobel
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
 and Pulitzer-Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
 playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
 Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Nobel Prize in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of Realism , associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg....
, and most of his own first 26 years, were intimately connected to New London. He lived for years there, and as an adult was employed and wrote his first seven or eight plays in the city. (A major O'Neill archive is located at Connecticut College
Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a highly selective coeducational private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in New London, Connecticut. It is located on the Thames River , on which the College's crew and sailing teams practice....
 there, and a family home there is a museum and Registered National Landmark operated by the O'Neill Theater Center.) Dutch's Tavern on Green Street was a favorite watering hole of Eugene O'Neill and still stands today.

On February 22, 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided in Kelo v. City of New London
Kelo v. City of New London

Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 [1], was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another to further economic development....
, that the city may seize privately owned real property
Real property

In the common law, real property refers to one of the two main classes of property, the other class being personal property . Real property generally encompasses Estate in land, land improvements resulting from human effort including buildings and machinery sited on land, and various property rights over the preceding....
 under eminent domain
Eminent domain

Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition or expropriation in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's Property, expropriation property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent....
 so that it could be used for private economic development
Economic development

Economic development is the development of wealth of countries or regions for the well-being of their inhabitants. It is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well being of its people....
, deciding the tax revenue from the private development satisfied the requirement for public interest for eminent domain.

Towns created from New London

When established, New London originally had a larger land area. Towns set off since include:
  • Groton
    Groton, Connecticut

    Groton is a New England town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 United States Census....
     in 1705
    • Ledyard
      Ledyard, Connecticut

      Ledyard is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States, located along the Thames River. The population was 14,687 at the 2000 United States Census....
       (originally North Groton) created from a part of Groton in 1836
  • Montville
    Montville, Connecticut

    Montville is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,546 at the 2000 United States Census....
     in 1786
    • Salem
      Salem, Connecticut

      Salem is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,858 at the 2000 United States Census....
       created from parts of Montville, Colchester and Lyme in 1819
  • Waterford
    Waterford, Connecticut

    Waterford is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. It is named after Waterford, Ireland. The population was 19,152 at the 2000 United States Census....
     in 1801
    • East Lyme
      East Lyme, Connecticut

      East Lyme is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,118 at the 2000 United States Census....
       created from parts of Waterford and Lyme in 1839


Geography

In terms of land area, New London is one of the smallest cities in Connecticut. Of the whole 10.76 square miles (27.9 km²), nearly half is water; 5.54 square miles (14.3 km²) is land .

The town and city of New London are coextensive. Between 1705 and 1801 sections of the original town
New England town

The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states. An institution that does not have a direct counterpart in most other U.S....
 were ceded to form newer towns. The towns
New England town

The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states. An institution that does not have a direct counterpart in most other U.S....
 of Groton
Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a New England town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Ledyard
Ledyard, Connecticut

Ledyard is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States, located along the Thames River. The population was 14,687 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Montville
Montville, Connecticut

Montville is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,546 at the 2000 United States Census....
, and Waterford
Waterford, Connecticut

Waterford is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. It is named after Waterford, Ireland. The population was 19,152 at the 2000 United States Census....
; and portions of Salem
Salem, Connecticut

Salem is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,858 at the 2000 United States Census....
 and East Lyme
East Lyme, Connecticut

East Lyme is a New England town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,118 at the 2000 United States Census....
; now occupy what had earlier been the outlying area of New London .

New London is bounded on the west and north by the town of Waterford, on the east by the Thames River and Groton, and on the south by Long Island Sound.

The geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates, using mainly a Spherical coordinates#Spherical coordinates....
 of the state superior courthouse in New London are .

Transportation

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By land, New London is practically midway between New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 and Boston. The major seaboard interstate highway, I-95
Interstate 95 in Connecticut

Interstate 95, the main north-south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, runs in a general east-west compass direction for 111.57 miles in Connecticut....
, passes through the city, and New London's Amtrak station
New London (Amtrak station)

New London Union Station is a historic regional rail station located in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut. It is served by both Amtrak and the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Shore Line East....
 is on the passenger rail Northeast Corridor
Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor is the busiest passenger railroad line in the United States by ridership and service frequency. The route is fully electrified and serves a BosWash from Washington, D.C., in the south through Baltimore, Maryland, Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, Trenton, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, New York City, New Haven, Con...
. The city of Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in the United States. A 2006 estimate put the population at 175,898, making it the estimated second-largest city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts....
 is 74 miles (119 km) northward, principally via Interstate 395
Interstate 395 (Connecticut)

Interstate 395 is a 67-mile-long north-south Interstate Highway that begins at Interstate 95 in Connecticut in East Lyme, Connecticut and ends at Interstate 90 in Auburn, Massachusetts, where it becomes Interstate 290 ....
, and the Connecticut capital, Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the Capital of the Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County, Connecticut on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts....
, is 53 miles (85 km) to the northwest via a sequence of state highways.

New London is served by local taxi companies, regional buses, interstate Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929....
 buses, the Cross Sound Ferry
Cross Sound Ferry

Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and road vehicle ferry service operating between New London, Connecticut, Connecticut and Orient, New York, Long Island, New York....
 to Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
, the Fishers Island
Fishers Island

Fishers Island is a small island, approximately 9 miles long and 1 mile wide, in Suffolk County, New York in the U.S. state of New York. Fishers Island is a part of the Town of Southold, New York....
 [https://www.fiferry.com/schedule.aspx Ferry District], and in summer by the Block Island
Block Island

Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately south of the coast of Rhode Island, and is separated from the mainland by Block Island Sound....
  ferry.

The Groton-New London Airport
Groton-New London Airport

Groton-New London Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Groton, Connecticut, a town in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
 is located in neighboring Groton
Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a New England town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 United States Census....
; and two major airports, T. F. Green
T. F. Green Airport

T. F. Green Airport , also known as Theodore Francis Green State Airport, is a public airport located in Warwick, Rhode Island, six miles south of Providence, Rhode Island, in Kent County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States....
 and Bradley International
Bradley International Airport

Bradley International Airport is a public airport located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on the border with East Granby, Connecticut, in Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
, are within 75 minutes driving time.

Rail freight is by the Providence & Worcester Railroad and the New England Central Railroad
New England Central Railroad

The New England Central Railroad is a subsidiary of RailAmerica. It runs from New London, Connecticut, to Alburgh, Vermont. The New England Central Railroad is the successor to the Central Vermont Railway....
. Seagoing cargo at the is handled by .

New London is also currently visited by Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships.

Demographics

Population 1756-1800
1756 †‡ 3,171
1774 †‡ 5,888
1782 †‡ 5,688
1800 ‡ 5,150
† Includes area taken to form other towns in 1786 and 1801
‡ Includes area taken to form other towns in 1801


As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 25,671 people, 10,181 households, and 5,385 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 4,635.5/sq mi (1,789.1/km²). There were 11,560 housing units at an average density of 2,087.4/sq mi (805.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 19.71% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 18.64% African American, 0.88% Native American, 2.12% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 9.13% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 63.49% White and 5.67% from two or more races. The largest white ethnic origins are Irish
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
 (13.9%), Italian
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 (11.7%), English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 (8.6%), German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 (7.3%), Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
 (4.3%), and French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 (4.1%).

There were 10,181 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.4% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.1% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 17.6% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,809, and the median income for a family was $38,942. Males had a median income of $31,405 versus $25,426 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $18,437. About 13.4% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

New London has a form of government centering on a professional city manager
City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the Administration Management of a city, in a Council-manager government form of city government. Called the chief administrative officer in some municipalities....
 and elected city council. Distinct town and city government structures formerly existed, and technically continue. However, they now govern exactly the same territory, and have elections on the same ballot on Election Day
Election Day

Election Day usually refers to the day when general elections are held in a country.In many countries, general elections are always held on a Sunday, to enable as many voters as possible to participate, while in other countries elections are always held on a week#Days of the week, as many feel that Sundays are religious holidays that should...
 in November of odd-numbered years; the officials of town and city interact essentially as do a single town's, or city's, officials, who have different but related responsibilities and powers.

Notable residents

  • Eliphalet Adams
    Eliphalet Adams

    Eliphalet Adams was an eminent Minister of religion of New London, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard University in 1694. He was ordained February 9 1709, and died in April 1753, aged 76....
    , clergyman
  • James Avery
    James Avery (American colonist)

    James Avery was an Thirteen Colonies landowner, legislator, and a military commander in King Philip's War.Avery was born in England and immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony as a child with his parents....
    , politician and military commander
  • Nathan Belcher
    Nathan Belcher

    Nathan Belcher was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Preston, Connecticut. This town is now a part of Griswold, Connecticut....
    , congressman
  • Frank B. Brandegee
    Frank B. Brandegee

    Frank Bosworth Brandegee was a United States Representative and United States Senate from Connecticut, born in New London, Connecticut. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, also a Connecticut politician....
    , congressman and senator
  • Amy Brenneman
    Amy Brenneman

    Amy Frederica Brenneman is a Golden Globe Awards- and Emmy Awards-nominated United States actor, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and Private Practice....
    , actress
  • Henry Burbeck
    Henry Burbeck

    Henry Burbeck , son of William Burbeck and Jerusha Glover, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the United States army for more than forty years most notably during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and achieved the rank of Brigadier General....
    , brigadier general
  • Daniel Burrows
    Daniel Burrows

    Daniel Burrows was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows who was a United States Representative from New York....
    , congressman
  • Magic Dick
    Magic Dick

    File:MagicDPerforming.jpgRichard "Magic Dick" Salwitz was the harmonica player for The J. Geils Band.In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet and saxophone....
    , musician
  • Richard Douglass
    Richard Douglass

    Richard Douglass was born in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut in 1746 to Stephen & Patience Douglass. Richard Douglass ran a likely successful Cooper business....
    , cooper and soldier
  • Larry Elgart
    Larry Elgart

    Larry Elgart is an United States jazz bandleader, who with his brother, Les, recorded the original rendition of "Bandstand Boogie", theme to the long-running teen dance show, American Bandstand....
    , musician
  • John Ellis
    John Ellis (baseball)

    John Charles Ellis , is a former professional baseball player who played first base and catcher in the Major Leagues from 1969-1981. He played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers ....
    , baseball player
  • Richard P. Freeman
    Richard P. Freeman

    Richard Patrick Freeman was a United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.Born in New London, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools....
    , congressman
  • Nathan Hale
    Nathan Hale

    Nathan Hale was an officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British....
    , schoolmaster and patriot
  • Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly

    Glenne Aimee Headly is an United States actor of film, Theatre and television....
    , actress
  • Barkley L. Hendricks
    Barkley L. Hendricks

    Barkley L. Hendricks is a contemporary American painter who has made pioneering contributions to black portraiture and conceptualism. While he has worked in a variety of media and genres throughout his career , Hendricks' best known work takes the form of life-sized painted oil portraits....
    , painter
  • Sarah Kemble Knight
    Sarah Kemble Knight

    Sarah Kemble Knight was a Diarist, a teacher and businesswoman, born in Boston, to Thomas Kemble and Elizabeth Trerice. In 1688 Sarah married Richard Knight and they had one child Elizabeth born in May of 1689....
    , diarist, teacher and businesswoman
  • John Law, congressman
  • Bryan F. Mahan
    Bryan F. Mahan

    Bryan Francis Mahan was a United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.Born in New London, Connecticut, Mahan attended public schools and graduated from Robert Bartlett High School where he studied the trade of a plumber....
    , congressman
  • Thomas Miner, diarist
  • Eugene O'Neill
    Eugene O'Neill

    Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Nobel Prize in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of Realism , associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg....
    , playwright
  • Walter Palmer
    Walter Palmer (Puritan)

    Walter Palmer was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who helped found Charlestown, Massachusetts and Rehoboth, Massachusetts and New London, Connecticut....
    , founder
  • Elias Perkins
    Elias Perkins

    Elias Perkins was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Lisbon, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1786....
    , congressman
  • Edward Clark Potter
    Edward Clark Potter

    Edward Clark Potter was an United States sculpture....
    , sculptor
  • Dawn Robinson
    Dawn Robinson

    Dawn Robinson is an American Rhythm and blues/soul music/Dance-pop singer mostly best known for her work as a member of hit Urban contemporary/Dance-pop group, En Vogue....
    , singer
  • Dudley Saltonstall
    Dudley Saltonstall

    Dudley Saltonstall was commander of Naval Forces during the Penobscot Expedition in 1779 against a British army fort at Castine, Maine, during the American Revolutionary War, which is generally acknowledged to have been the worst naval defeat in United States history, until Pearl Harbor....
    , naval officer
  • Samuel Seabury
    Samuel Seabury

    Samuel Seabury , was the first United States Episcopal Church in the United States of America bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut....
    , bishop
  • Benjamin Stark
    Benjamin Stark

    Benjamin Stark was an United States merchant and politician in Oregon. A native of Louisiana, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives before appointment to the United States Senate in 1860 after the death of Edward D....
    , senator
  • Ron Suresha
    Ron Suresha

    Ron Jackson Suresha is an United States author and anthologist of books centering on gay and bisexual men's subcultures, particularly the Bear community....
    , author and editor
  • Cassandra Ventura, singer
  • John Winthrop, the Younger
    John Winthrop, the Younger

    John Winthrop , generally known as John Winthrop the Younger, was governor of Connecticut.He was born in Groton, Suffolk, England, as the son of John Winthrop, the founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony....
    , statesman and founder


See also: Connecticut College
Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a highly selective coeducational private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in New London, Connecticut. It is located on the Thames River , on which the College's crew and sailing teams practice....
 people.

Culture


Literature


Local music

  • The Idlers
    The Idlers

    The Idlers of the United States Coast Guard Academy are an all-male Collegiate a cappella a cappella ensemble specializing in the performance of sea shanty and patriotic music....
     of the United States Coast Guard Academy
    United States Coast Guard Academy

    The United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut, it is one of the five United States Service academies....
     an all-male vocal group specializing in sea chantys and patriotic music, call New London home. The Idlers often perform in and around New London for both Coast Guard functions and local charitable activities. Founded 1957.
  • United States Coast Guard Band - Stationed at the United States Coast Guard Academy
    United States Coast Guard Academy

    The United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, Connecticut, it is one of the five United States Service academies....
     in New London and attracting a cadre of talented musicians from all parts of the country, the official musical representative of the nation's oldest continuous seagoing service
    United States Coast Guard

    The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
     was organized with the assistance of John Philip Sousa
    John Philip Sousa

    John Philip Sousa was an United States composer and Conducting of the late Romanticism known particularly for American march music. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King"....
     in March 1925 and regularly stages free concerts open to the public.


It is also home to one of the larger music festivals on the East Coast, I AM FESTIVAL which features notable acts from the city's burgeoning independent music scene along with touring national acts. This festival is run by New London Music Festival and booked by Sean Murray
Sean Murray

Sean Harland Murray is an United States actor. He is known for playing Timothy McGee on the CBS television drama NCIS , and Danny Walden on the military drama JAG....
 and Rich Martin. The Rock Fix is another popular annual musical showcase sponsored by independent label and held in conjunction with the annual Hygienic Art show. New London has been home to an active and vital original music scene since the 70s.

Eclectic and diverse, New London is home to many musicians. The more well-known include:
  • The Can Kickers, a folk punk
    Folk punk

    Folk punk is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. Some folk punk bands combine elements of punk rock with folk styles such as jug band music, sea shanties and eastern European gypsy music....
     band
  • The Reducers (since 1978), a rock
    Rock music

    Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
     band
  • Cassie, a Pop
    Pop music

    Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
     / Hip-Hop / R&B
    Contemporary R&B

    Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
     singer
  • Fatal Film, an indie rock band
  • Dawn Robinson
    Dawn Robinson

    Dawn Robinson is an American Rhythm and blues/soul music/Dance-pop singer mostly best known for her work as a member of hit Urban contemporary/Dance-pop group, En Vogue....
    , a R&B
    Contemporary R&B

    Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
     singer


Other notable acts past and present include: Paisley Jungle, Live Nude Girls, New Johnny 5, The Cartoons, Grand Passion, The Brain Police, Swinging Johnsons, Sloth, Eli Treatment, Ringers, Brazen Hussy, Gone for Good, Paul Brockett Roadshow Band, Flesh Hammer, DOT, Low-Beam, Total Bolsheviks and many more.

To stay informed in New London's ever growing music & arts scene, locals stay tuned to , a website dedicated to supporting, informing and documenting local music & art. On the website you can find up to date event listings; profiles for local musicians, bands, artists and venues; listen to local New London music; view pictures from recent events; as well as read reviews, interviews, news and more.

Sites of interest

  • Ye Antientist Burial Ground
    Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London

    Thorn Antientist Burial Ground in New London, Connecticut is one of the earliest graveyards in New England, and the oldest colonial cemetery in New London County....
  • Connecticut College Arboretum
    Connecticut College Arboretum

    The Connecticut College Arboretum is a 300 ha arboretum and botanical gardens, founded in 1931, and located on the campus of Connecticut College and in the towns of New London, Connecticut and Waterford, Connecticut, United States....
  • Fort Griswold
    Fort Griswold

    File:Fort Griswold plan.gifFort Griswold is an United States military base, now decommissioned, in Groton, Connecticut. Named after then Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold , the fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War....
     (Groton)
  • Fort Trumbull
    Fort Trumbull

    Fort Trumbull was a fort built at New London, Connecticut, Connecticut.In 1775 Governor Jonathan Trumbull recommended the building of a fortification at the port of New London to protect the seat of the government of Connecticut....
  • List of Registered Historic Places in New London
    List of Registered Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut

    List of National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut.References...
  • Lyman Allyn Art Museum
    Lyman Allyn Art Museum

    The Lyman Allyn Art Museum was founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn.Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A....
  • Olde Town Mill (1650)


Further reading

New London Conn 1813

External links

http://www.thericharddouglashouse.com]The Richard Douglass House]