Editing New Haven, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[File:St. Louis' Catholic Church near New Haven.jpg|150px|thumb|left|St. Louis Catholic Church, located just southeast of New Haven, is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]
New Haven was [[plat]]ted in 1839<ref>{{cite book|last1=Griswold|first1=Bert Joseph|last2=Taylor|first2=Mrs. Samuel R.|title=The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River|url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory01gris|year=1917|publisher=Robert O. Law Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory01gris/page/599 599]}}</ref> by Henry Burgess, who named it after [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=A Canal is Forged Through the Wilderness|title=New Haven: First 100 Years|volume=2|publisher=City of New Haven|location=New Haven, Indiana|accessdate=November 14, 2024|chapter-url=https://www.newhaven.in.gov/675/Chapter-1-A-Canal-is-Forged-Through-the-|url=https://www.newhaven.in.gov/543/First-100-Years}}</ref> It was incorporated as a town under Indiana law in 1865. It became incorporated as a city in 1963. Several homes built by the Burgess family remain in New Haven. A Burgess home on Summit Street is the oldest brick structure in Jefferson Township.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newhaven.in.gov/318/About-New-Haven#:~:text=New%20Haven%20was%20platted%20by,brick%20structure%20in%20Jefferson%20Township.|title=About New Haven|publisher=City of New Haven|accessdate=9 June 2023}}</ref> Henry Burgess' son-in-law, E.W. Green built a large frame [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] house on the hill above what is now Schnelker Park and the former New Haven Elementary School building. Another Burgess structure remains at the corner of Summit and Eben Streets. In the 1850's the [[Swiss Amish]] arrived in the region,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amishamerica.com/who-are-the-swiss-amish/|title=Who are the Swiss Amish?|date=August 23, 2010 |publisher=Amish America|accessdate=9 June 2023}}</ref> and what makes them distinct is that they speak an [[Alsatian dialect|Alsatian German]] Language.

The [[Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society]] operates east of New Haven on Edgerton Road. The society has restored [[Nickel Plate 765]] built by the [[Lima Locomotive Works]] of [[Lima, Ohio]] and restored the [[Craigville Depot]], which are housed at the New Haven site.

The French settlement of Besançon, a historic settlement in New Haven, is on the eastern edge of the town along the Lincoln Highway. [[St. Louis, Besancon, Historic District|Saint Louis Catholic Church]] at Besançon is now on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Also listed is the [[Wabash Railroad Depot]].

New Haven was the home of a weekly newspaper, ''Allen County Times'', until the summer of 2002. The paper served New Haven, [[Leo-Cedarville, Indiana|Leo-Cedarville]], [[Grabill, Indiana|Grabill]], [[Harlan, Indiana|Harlan]], [[Woodburn, Indiana|Woodburn]], [[Hoagland, Indiana|Hoagland]], and [[Monroeville, Indiana|Monroeville]].