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Crabster

Ghost town · Carroll County, Maryland

Taneytown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500)
Taneytown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1911, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Crabster is a ghost town in Carroll County, Maryland. It is one of 8 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Crabster as a historical populated place on the Taneytown 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 39.6398° N, 77.2047° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTaneytown
Elevation516 ft
Nearest living townTaneytown, MD
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1695330
Coordinates39.63982, -77.20471

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What's there now

Crabster is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Taneytown, MD (population 7,295), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 516 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 Crabster?

Crabster is in Carroll County, Maryland, at 39.6398, -77.2047.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Maryland has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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