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Carmansville

Ghost town · New York County, New York

Harlem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1891, 1:62,500)
Harlem quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1891, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Carmansville is a ghost town in New York County, New York. It is one of 5 former communities in New York County on the federal names register. No county in New York has more among the 22 New York counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carmansville as a historical populated place on the Central Park 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 40.8300° N, 73.9494° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCentral Park
Nearest living townEdgewater, NJ
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID2571186
Coordinates40.83000, -73.94944

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What's there now

Carmansville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Edgewater, NJ (population 14,544), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Carmansville?

Carmansville is in New York County, New York, at 40.8300, -73.9494.

How many ghost towns are in New York County?

New York County, New York has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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