Hamden Historical Society

• Brooksvale Park (Hamden)
• Cheshire Land Trust
• East Rock Park – Friends of East Rock (Did you know that a small part of East Rock Park is actually in Hamden?)
• Farmington Canal Rail to Trail Association
• Hamden Land Conservation Trust
• Sleeping Giant Park Association
• West Rock Ridge State Park: Judges’ Cave (article from The Underground Movement)

Hamden Notables:

• Salvatore DeMaio
• A. C. Gilbert
• Donald Hall
• John Hampden (we have no affiliation with the linked site)
• William J. Linton - Short article: Appledore, Linton’s Home (Autumn 2009 Newsletter)
• Eli Whitney
• Thornton Wilder

Local organizations keeping Hamden’s past:

• Greater New Haven Labor History Association – check out their self-guided walking tour along River Street (New Haven)
• Hamden Fire Retirees, Inc.
• New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, Inc.
• SCAN: Southern Connecticut Ancestry Network (updated link)
• Tyler City Station (Connecticut Railroading)

Other Historical and Preservation Societies:

• Cheshire Historical Society
• Ethnic Heritage Center
• Hamden Historic Properties Commission
• New Haven Museum and Historical Society
• North Haven Historical Society
• Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust