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New Sweden

Ghost town · Travis County, Texas

Austin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:62,500)
Austin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

New Sweden is a ghost town in Travis County, Texas, recorded as community in Texas, USA. It is the only former community in Travis County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists New Sweden as a historical populated place: 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 30.4086° N, 97.5131° W.

Key facts

Elevation558 ft
Nearest living townManor, TX
Distance to it4.6 miles
Coordinates30.40861, -97.51306

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What's there now

New Sweden is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Manor, TX (population 16,917), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 558 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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