Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in West Haven, CT

West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the coast of Long Island Sound, in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region.

The 2020 census counted 55,584 residents in West Haven, in 21,409 households.

Settled in 1648 as West Farms, part of the original New Haven Colony, West Haven became a separate parish in 1719, split from Orange to become its own town in 1921, and was incorporated as a city in 1961, making it Connecticut's Youngest City.

On July 5, 1779, British troops invaded New Haven Harbor and came ashore in West Haven; Adjutant William Campbell, for whom Campbell Avenue is named, rescued the local minister and was killed later that day on Allingtown Hill.

Savin Rock became a popular seaside resort in the 1870s and later the Savin Rock Amusement Park, which closed in the 1960s; the site is now Bradley Point Veterans Memorial Park and Old Grove Park along the shore.

West Haven has 3.5 miles of publicly accessible beaches, one-quarter of all publicly accessible beaches in Connecticut.

Lender's Beigel Bakery was founded in the city in 1927 by Polish immigrant Harry Lender; its flash-frozen bagels were sold nationwide, and the business employed 600 people by 1984.

The city covers 10.92 square miles and is bounded by the Oyster River to the southwest, the West River to the northeast, and New Haven Harbor to the east.

The University of New Haven is in the city's Allingtown district.

West Haven's motto is Nil Desperandum, meaning Do Not Despair, and residents are known as Westies.