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Snellville

Ghost town · Worcester County, Massachusetts

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

Snellville 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 Snellville as a historical populated place on the Southbridge 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 42.1154° N, 72.0990° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSouthbridge
Elevation600 ft
Nearest living townFiskdale, MA
Distance to it0.9 miles
GNIS feature ID606281
Coordinates42.11537, -72.09897

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What's there now

Snellville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fiskdale, MA (population 2,564), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 600 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 Snellville?

Snellville is in Worcester County, Massachusetts, at 42.1154, -72.0990.

How many ghost towns are in Worcester County?

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

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