WayfarrowHaywardville
Ghost town · Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Haywardville is a ghost town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is one of 4 former communities in Middlesex County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 13 Massachusetts counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Haywardville 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 42.4642° N, 71.0914° W.
Key facts
| Elevation | 187 ft |
|---|---|
| Nearest living town | Stoneham, MA |
| Distance to it | 0.8 miles |
| Coordinates | 42.46417, -71.09139 |
What's there now
Haywardville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stoneham, MA (population 22,986), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 187 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Fort Winthropghost town · Suffolk County · 8.8 mi
- Egg Rock Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 10.1 mi
- Beaver Brookghost town · Essex County · 10.5 mi
- Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 10.9 mi
- Spectacle Island Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 10.9 mi
- Deer Island Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 11.1 mi
- Derby Wharf Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 11.2 mi
- Long Island Head Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 11.5 mi
- Lovells Island Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 12.3 mi
- Fort Pickering Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 12.3 mi
- Hospital Point Range Rear Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 12.3 mi
- Hospital Point Range Front Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 13.3 mi
Questions
Where is Haywardville?
Haywardville is in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at 42.4642, -71.0914.
How many ghost towns are in Middlesex County?
Middlesex County, Massachusetts has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
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- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.