Milford

Milford. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 49,938), New Haven co., SW Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1639, inc. as a city 1959. Oysters and clams are gathered there for commercial use, and the city also has light manufacturing, such as the production of writing pens and electrical products. Milford Academy, a preparatory school, is there. 2 Industrial town (1990 pop. 25,355), Worcester co., S Mass., on the Charles River, in a farm area; settled 1662, set off from Mendon and inc. 1780. Pink granite has been quarried there since the mid-1800s. Manufactures include glass containers, electronic products, and precision and analytical instruments.

City (pop., 2000: 273,546) and port of entry, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., west of New York City. It was founded in 1666 by Puritans and was chartered as a township in 1693. It was the site of the College of New Jersey (1748–56; now Princeton University). In 1776 the city served as a supply base for Gen. George Washington. It was incorporated as a city in 1836. The largest city in the state, it was the scene of major civil disturbances in 1967. It is a highly diversified industrial, transportation, and insurance centre. It was the birthplace of Aaron Burr and Stephen Crane.

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Inlet of the Tasman Sea, southwestern coast of South Island, New Zealand. About 2 mi (3 km) wide, the sound extends inland for 12 mi (19 km). It was named by a whaler in the 1820s for its resemblance to Milford Haven in Wales. It is the northernmost fjord in Fiordland National Park and is the site of Milford Sound town, one of the region's few permanently inhabited places.

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Milford is a common name. Its geographic usage is often based on the fact that many towns grew up around water-powered mills built near fords, or shallow places on rivers and streams.

Place names

In England:

• Milford, Derbyshire
• Milford, Devon
• Milford on Sea, Hampshire
• Milford, Shropshire
• Milford, Staffordshire
• Milford, Surrey
• served by Milford railway station

In Wales:

• Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire

In Northern Ireland:

• Milford, County Armagh

In Ireland:

• Milford, County Carlow
• Milford, County Cork
• Milford, County Donegal
• Milford, County Limerick

In Canada:

• Milford, Nova Scotia

In New Zealand:

• Milford Sound
• Milford Track
• Milford, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland

In the United States:

• Milford, Connecticut
• Milford, Delaware
• Milford Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of Kent County, Delaware; see List of Delaware Hundreds.
• Milford, Illinois
• Milford, Decatur County, Indiana
• Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana
• Milford, Iowa
• Milford, Kansas
• Milford, Maine
• Milford, Massachusetts
• Milford, Michigan
• Milford, Missouri
• Milford, Nebraska
• Milford, New Hampshire
• Milford, New Jersey
• Milford (town), New York
• Milford (village), New York
• Milford, Ohio
• Milford, Pennsylvania
• Milford, Texas
• Milford, Utah
• Milford, Virginia
• Milford Square, Pennsylvania
• New Milford, Connecticut
• New Milford, New Jersey
• West Milford, New Jersey

See also

• New Milford
• South Milford
• Milford High School
• Milford Township

People

• Jake Milford, Hockey Hall of Fame
• Kim Milford, actor, singer, songwriter
• Penelope Milford, actress
• Robin Milford, composer

Publications

• Milford Cabinet, weekly newspaper in Milford, New Hampshire
• Milford Magazine, a bi-monthly publication in Milford, Pennsylvania
• Milford Daily News, daily newspaper in Milford, Massachusetts

Other uses

• , the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
• RMAS Milford, a tender of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
• Milford Parkway (disambiguation)