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Octararo

Ghost town · Cecil County, Maryland

Havre De Grace quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500)
Havre De Grace quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Octararo is a ghost town in Cecil County, Maryland. It is one of 17 former communities in Cecil County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Octararo as a historical populated place on the Rising Sun 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 39.7071° N, 76.1150° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRising Sun
Elevation127 ft
Nearest living townRising Sun, MD
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID589419
Coordinates39.70705, -76.11495

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What's there now

Octararo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rising Sun, MD (population 2,756), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 127 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Octararo?

Octararo is in Cecil County, Maryland, at 39.7071, -76.1150.

How many ghost towns are in Cecil County?

Cecil County, Maryland has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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