New Haven, Iowa

New Haven is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of New Haven was 77.

History
New Haven was first settled circa 1883; there had been a general store at the site since 1878. New Haven's population was 19 in 1902, and 27 in 1925. The population was 150 in 1940.

Geography
New Haven is in southeastern Mitchell County, 9 mi east of Osage, the county seat and post office serving New Haven. Iowa Highway 9 runs along the western edge of the community, leading west to Osage and northeast 10 mi to Riceville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Haven CDP has an area of 1.93 sqmi, all land. The Little Cedar River runs along the southwest edge of the CDP, flowing south to the Cedar River at Nashua.