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Mount Carmel | |
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neighborhood | |
 Mount Carmel Congregational Church | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Connecticut |
| County | New Haven |
| Town | Hamden |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,726 |
Mount Carmel is a neighborhood in the northeastern portion of the town of Hamden, Connecticut. It was the site of the first meeting house in what is now Hamden. Its founders named the area due to the resemblance of a range of hills nearby to the Mount Carmel mentioned in the Bible.[1] The hills are better known today as the Sleeping Giant, site of a large state park known for its system of hiking trails. The neighborhood also contains the principal campus of Quinnipiac University. It is primarily residential with single-family homes.[2] Commercial development is mostly along its principal street, Whitney Avenue.
As with all neighborhoods in Hamden, it has no officially-defined boundaries. One map[3] has it bounded on the north by the Cheshire and Wallingford town lines, on the east by the North Haven town line, on the south by James and Forest streets, and on the west by Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. The census tract with GEOID 09009166002, corresponding closely to these boundaries, had a population of 7,726, as of the 2010 census.
- ^ Hartley, Rachel M. (1959). The History of Hamden, Connecticut, 1786-1959. p. 9.
- ^ "Neighborhood Scout report on Mount Carmel".
- ^ Hartley. History. Map in frontispiece.