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Custom Recycling, Inc
Distance: 4.0 Mi85 Defco Park Rd
06473 North Haven -
Tangoe, Inc.
Distance: 5.4 Mi105 Court Street Suite 401
6511 New Haven -
Aj Waste Systems LLC
Distance: 8.0 Mi
6410 Cheshire -
Computer Recycling, LLC
Distance: 8.6 Mi27 Ciro Rd
06471 North Branford -
We Recycle
Distance: 10.2 Mi500 S Broad St
6450 Meriden
Description
Hamden, affectionately known as the Land of the Sleeping Giant, is a thriving town midway between New York and Boston which is considered one of Connecticut's finest mid-sized communities. Hamden was originally settled in 1638 as part of the New Haven Colony. Over a century later, two different settlements -- the inhabitants of the parish of Mount Carmel and members of the 17th Militia Company -- sought independence. In 1786 they incorporated as a separate town, naming it after the English statesman John Hampden (who pronounced his name with a silent "p"). The population at the time was recorded as roughly 1400 "souls." As Hamden grew, it was composed of small independent-minded villages, including Mt. Carmel, Whitneyville, Highwood and the State Street section, some of which still retain a suggestion of their original identity. Hamden played a historic role in the Industrial Revolution, thanks to Eli Whitney, who invented mass production at his arms factory, and to A.C. Gilbert and...