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Columbusville

Ghost town · Queens County, New York

Brooklyn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 1:62,500)
Brooklyn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Columbusville is a ghost town in Queens County, New York. It is one of 2 former communities in Queens County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 22 New York counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Columbusville as a historical populated place on the Brooklyn 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 40.7250° N, 73.8936° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrooklyn
Elevation100 ft
Nearest living townNew York, NY
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2571569
Coordinates40.72500, -73.89361

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What's there now

Columbusville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New York, NY (population 8,516,202), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 100 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 Columbusville?

Columbusville is in Queens County, New York, at 40.7250, -73.8936.

How many ghost towns are in Queens County?

Queens County, New York has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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