Middlesex County, Administrative county in south-central Connecticut, United States.
Middlesex County stretches along the Connecticut River, encompassing 369 square miles of varied terrain from coastal lowlands to elevated inland regions.
The territory, formed in 1785 from parts of Hartford and New London counties, takes its name from an English county and included Native Western Nehantic settlements.
Middletown, the largest municipality in the county, functions as an educational center with Wesleyan University established in 1831 within its boundaries.
The region contains three major highways providing direct routes to New Haven and Hartford, with numerous manufacturing facilities specializing in aircraft components.
The Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam and Gillette Castle represent architectural landmarks that define the Connecticut River landscape of Middlesex County.
Location: Connecticut
Inception: 1785
Capital city: Middletown
Shares border with: Hartford County, New Haven County, New London County, Suffolk County
GPS coordinates: 41.44000,-72.52000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:53
Gillette Castle State Park
7.6 km
Hammonasset Beach State Park
19.7 km
Henry Whitfield House
22.3 km
Valley Railroad
13.7 km
Devil's Hopyard State Park
15.2 km
Goodspeed Musicals
5 km
Florence Griswold Museum
20.5 km
Arrigoni Bridge
17.9 km
Portland Brownstone Quarries
18.3 km
Wadsworth Falls State Park
16.8 km
Chatfield Hollow State Park
10.2 km
Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill
17 km
Comfort Starr House
21.6 km
Meshomasic State Forest
21.3 km
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge
19.7 km
Higby Mountain
22.2 km
Cockaponset State Forest
1.1 km
Saybrook Breakwater Light
24.6 km
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
20.6 km
Millers Pond State Park
10.3 km
Samuel Wadsworth Russell House
17.5 km
Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge
20.3 km
Lyman Viaduct
14.9 km
East Haddam Bridge
4.8 km
Connecticut River Museum
15 km
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
13.9 km
Indian Hill Cemetery
17.6 km
Middletown–Portland railroad bridge
17.7 kmReviews
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