New Haven is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. It is located adjacent to the Little Wabash River near its mouth with the Wabash River. A small portion of the village is located in Emma Township, White County. The population was 399 at the 2020 United States census.
History
Before the New Haven vicinity was settled, it was inhabited by multiple indigenous cultures. Some countryside southeast of the village near the Wabash was formerly the location of a village of a Late Woodland people known as the "Duffy Complex"; the location is now an archaeological site known as the Duffy site.
Geography
New Haven is located in the northeast corner of Gallatin County. It is bordered to the north by White County, and the Little Wabash River forms part of the northern border. Illinois Route 141 passes through the northern part of the village, leading east to the Indiana border at the Wabash River and to Mount Vernon, Indiana, and west to U.S. Route 45 northwest of Omaha, Illinois. Shawneetown, the Gallatin County seat, is to the south.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, New Haven has a total area of , of which (or 97.72%) is land and (or 2.28%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2020 census