The Annex is a residential neighborhood in the city of
New Haven, Connecticut
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. Originally part of
East Haven, the neighborhood was voluntarily ceded by East Haven and ''annexed'' by the city of New Haven in the 1880s. It is located on the eastern side of
New Haven Harbor
New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound in the state of Connecticut]. The harbor area is an inlet carved by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago.
The city of New Haven and ...
across from
Long Wharf (New Haven), Long Wharf. The City of New Haven defines the neighborhood to be the region bounded by Upson Terrace and
East Shore Park
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Etymology
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on the south (border with
Morris Cove
East Shore is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. The East Shore contains the Morris Cove Historic District. Its name is derived from its geographic location on the east side of New Haven Harbor. It is bordered on the north by U ...
), the city of
East Haven on the east, Warwick Street and East Ferry Street on the northeast (border with
Fair Haven Heights), the
Quinnipiac River
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on the northwest, and
New Haven Harbor
New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound in the state of Connecticut]. The harbor area is an inlet carved by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago.
The city of New Haven and ...
on the west.
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Demographics
The neighborhood roughly corresponds to
census tract
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1427. As of the 2000 census, the total population of the neighborhood was 5,529. Of the population, 61.40% identified as White, 18.21% as Black, 0.34% as Native American, 2.66% as Asian, 14.29% as some other race, and 3.09% as two or more races. Of the total population of any race, 26.08% identified as being Hispanic or Latino, while 30.89% identified as being of Italian ancestry.
References
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Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut