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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Worcester County, Massachusetts that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
16A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.
| Where in the county | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Park | on South Fork Little River, Webster quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Buffumville | 42 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| Dana | on Stevens Island, Quabbin Reservoir quadrangle | 2.3 miles east of Dana Center | 32 sheets, 1887 to 1990 | |
| Duck Harbor | on Burdett Hill, Clinton quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Clinton | 43 sheets, 1887 to 1997 | |
| Fullerville | on Goodridge Brook, Clinton quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of Clinton | 43 sheets, 1887 to 1997 | |
| Greenwich | on Mount Pomeroy, Winsor Dam quadrangle | 5.0 miles east of Hardwick | 32 sheets, 1887 to 1985 | |
| Greenwich Village | on Den Hill, Quabbin Reservoir quadrangle | 3.7 miles north-east of Dana Center | 32 sheets, 1887 to 1990 | |
| Jamesville | on Dorothy Hill, Worcester South quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Heard Street | 44 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| Merino Village | on Potash Brook, Webster quadrangle | 0.1 miles west of Merino Village | 42 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| New Worcester | on Beaver Brook, Worcester South quadrangle | 0.5 miles south-east of Webster Square | 44 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| North Dana | on Fever Brook, Quabbin Reservoir quadrangle | 3.6 miles south-east of Dana Center | 32 sheets, 1887 to 1990 | |
| Northville | on Sears Island, Worcester North quadrangle | 0.2 miles south of Chadwick Square | 45 sheets, 1885 to 1989 | |
| Snellville | on Cedar Brook, Southbridge quadrangle | 0.6 miles south of Old Sturbridge Village | 39 sheets, 1887 to 1985 | |
| Trowbridgeville | on Beaver Brook, Worcester South quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-east of Webster Square | 44 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| Tufts Village | on Blood Hill, Webster quadrangle | 1.2 miles south of Cardinal Heights | 42 sheets, 1889 to 1989 | |
| Union Chapel | on Stone Hill, East Brookfield quadrangle | 1.6 miles east of Mystic Grove | 33 sheets, 1887 to 1985 | |
| Valley Falls | on Dorothy Hill, Worcester South quadrangle | 0.3 miles south of Jamesville | 44 sheets, 1889 to 1989 |
Provenance
- Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
- Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
- Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
- Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.