WayfarrowFlanders
Ghost town · South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut
Flanders is a ghost town in South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut. It is one of 9 former communities in South Central Connecticut County on the federal names register. No county in Connecticut has more among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Flanders as a historical populated place on the Clinton topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.3032° N, 72.6037° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Clinton |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 ft |
| Nearest living town | Madison Center, CT |
| Distance to it | 1.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1933768 |
| Coordinates | 41.30315, -72.60370 |
What's there now
Flanders is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Madison Center, CT (population 1,818), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 91 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Spruce Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 2.1 mi
- Ninevahghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 3.7 mi
- Lord Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 4.8 mi
- Falkner Island Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 6.8 mi
- Chapmanghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 9.5 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.5 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.5 mi
- Essex Reef Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.9 mi
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 13.7 mi
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 13.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 13.8 mi
- Hank Woronick Covered Bridgecovered bridge · South Central Connecticut County · 14 mi
Questions
Where is Flanders?
Flanders is in South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut, at 41.3032, -72.6037.
How many ghost towns are in South Central Connecticut County?
South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.