Snelltown, Maryland

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Snelltown, Maryland
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Snelltown
Location in Maryland
Coordinates: 39°07′29″N76°50′14″W / 39.12472°N 76.83722°W / 39.12472; -76.83722
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
State Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland
County Flag of Howard County, MD.svg Howard
Elevation
168 m (551 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20723
Area code 240 and 301

Snelltown is an unincorporated community located near the southern tip of Howard County, Maryland.

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History

Snelltown is a historic African American community settled by emancipated slaves of the Snell family located in North Laurel, Maryland. [1] A small graveyard containing the town's founders remains on a lot. [2]

Today

In the mid 1990s a land development company started to individually buy out the family properties and acquire estates with dozens of heirs without contact information. Each have been subdivided and developed as the Kings Arms subdivision. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alice Cornelison; Silas E. Craft Sr.; Lillie Price. History of Blacks In Howard County. p. 286.
  2. ↑ "Howard County Cemeteries" . Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ "HO-997" (PDF). Retrieved January 10, 2016.

39°07′30″N76°50′15″W / 39.124911°N 76.837432°W / 39.124911; -76.837432

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