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Duck Harbor

Ghost town · Worcester County, Massachusetts

Marlboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1887, 1:62,500)
Marlboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1887, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Duck Harbor is a ghost town in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is one of 16 former communities in Worcester County on the federal names register. No county in Massachusetts has more among the 13 Massachusetts counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Duck Harbor 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 42.4156° N, 71.6890° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleClinton
Elevation346 ft
Nearest living townClinton, MA
Distance to it0.3 miles
GNIS feature ID606309
Coordinates42.41565, -71.68896

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What's there now

Duck Harbor is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Clinton, MA (population 6,908), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 346 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 Duck Harbor?

Duck Harbor is in Worcester County, Massachusetts, at 42.4156, -71.6890.

How many ghost towns are in Worcester County?

Worcester County, Massachusetts has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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