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Fort Winthrop

Ghost town · Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Boston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500)
Boston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fort Winthrop is a ghost town in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It is the only former community in Suffolk County recorded on the federal names register, out of 57 across Massachusetts.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Winthrop as a historical populated place on the Boston South 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 42.3520° N, 71.0120° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBoston South
Elevation17 ft
Nearest living townBoston, MA
Distance to it1 miles
GNIS feature ID617882
Coordinates42.35204, -71.01199

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What's there now

Fort Winthrop is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Boston, MA (population 663,972), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 17 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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