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New Haven is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,485 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named after New Haven, Connecticut, the native home of the local mine proprietors.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,560 to 1,476 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1960.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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