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Yalesville is an
unincorporated village An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Wallingford, Connecticut Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, centrally located between New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, and Boston and New York City. The town is part ...
, United States. The village was founded in 1677, and was originally called "First Falls". It was renamed Yalesville in 1808.


History

A Committee to locate a mill at the first falls on the Quinnipiac River between Wallingford and Meriden was held in September 1686. In 1704 the mill was sold to William Tyler, and the community became known as ''Tyler's Mills''. The mill and surrounding lands were sold to Charles Yale around a hundred years later, and the name of the village became Yalesville. He was the father of Senator
Charles Dwight Yale Charles Dwight Yale (1810 – 1890), of Wallingford, Connecticut, was a Democratic Senator and businessman, co-proprietor of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. During the Reconstruction era, he played a leading role in mediating conflicts between Virg ...
, and a younger brother of merchant William Yale. The village was named in honor of the
Yale family Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges char ...
dynasty, who were pioneers in the manufacturing of Britannia Ware in the region. Founded by Samuel Yale Sr. (1763–1810), their enterprises would evolve into the
Meriden Britannia Company The Meriden Britannia Company was formed in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut, as a manufacturing company focused on producing wares in britannia metal. It became, for a time, the largest Household silver, silverware company in the world.(Undated)"Phil ...
and the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., among many others. Their ancestors were the early settlers of Wallingford and descended from Thomas Yale of
New Haven Colony New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The colony joined Connecticut Colony in 16 ...
, step-son of Governor
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. Many members joined the
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, fighting at the
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and at Fort Lee, under General
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, and were captured as prisoners. They also enlisted in the
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, the
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, the
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, and the
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. In 1695, Yalesville residents grew tired of having to take a canoe across the river, so a bridge was built adjacent to the residence of Roswell Yale, in what is now Yalesville. In about 1800, the current bridge over the Quinnipiac River was built. At the same time, the first school was constructed in Yalesville. The Yalesville Elementary School, now named Mary Fritz Elementary School, is the second one built on the site.


Geography

Yalesville is located in the northwestern portion of Wallingford, 10 miles from
Wadsworth Falls State Park Wadsworth Falls State Park, or simply Wadsworth Falls, is a public recreation and preserved natural area located on the Coginchaug River in the towns of Middletown and Middlefield, Connecticut. The state park's offer trail hiking, fishing, s ...
. The Wharton Brook and the
Quinnipiac River The Quinnipiac River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 long river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of ...
, also known as Dragon River, run through Yalesville.


References

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