New Haven is a village in Gallatin County,

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, along the

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near its mouth at the

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. The population was 433 at the

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, down from 477 at the 2000 census.

History

Before the New Haven vicinity was settled, it was inhabited by multiple

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cultures. Some countryside southeast of the village near the Wabash was formerly the location of a village of a

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people known as the "Duffy Complex"; the location is now an

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known as the Duffy site.Winters, Howard D. ''An Archaeological Survey of the Wabash Valley in Illinois''. Springfield: Illinois State Museum Society, 1963, 82.

Geography

New Haven is located in the northeast corner of Gallatin County at (37.907113, -88.126954). It is bordered to the north by White County, and the

forms part of the northern border.

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passes through the northern part of the village, leading east to the

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border at the

and to

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, and west to

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northwest of

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, the Gallatin County seat, is to the south. According to the 2010 census, New Haven has a total area of , of which (or 97.77%) is land and (or 2.23%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 477 people, 203 households and 138 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 240 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.58%

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, and 0.42% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.05% of the population. There were 203 households, of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90. 23.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The

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was $27,083 and the median family income was $29,875. Males had a median income of $25,000 and females $19,500. The

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was $12,367. About 20.3% of families and 22.6% of the population were below the

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, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.

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* New Haven https://web.archive.org/web/20020823054622/http://www.lth6.k12.il.us/schools/gallatin/new_haven.htm {{authority control Villages in Gallatin County, Illinois Villages in Illinois

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