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Place Name
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Ansonia
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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18,403 (1990)
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Location
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New Haven County, Connecticut (CT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°20'N
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Longitude
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73°04'W
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Ansonia
, city (1990 pop. 18,403), New Haven co., SW Conn., on
the Naugatuck R.; 41°20'N 73°04'W. Mfg. (brass and copper prods.,
iron castings, foundry prods., plastics, monuments, electronic devices,
guns); printing; architectural woodworking. Settled in 1651 as part of
Derby, Ansonia was founded (1844) as an industrial community by Anson
G. Phelps, a metals merchant and philanthropist. Inc. as a city
1893.
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