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

Snelltown, Maryland
Snelltown is located in Maryland
Snelltown
Snelltown
Location in Maryland
Coordinates: 39°07′29″N 76°50′14″W / 39.12472°N 76.83722°W / 39.12472; -76.83722
Country United States of America
State Maryland
County Howard
Elevation
168 m (551 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20723
Area code240 and 301

History

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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

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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

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References

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  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″N 76°50′15″W / 39.124911°N 76.837432°W / 39.124911; -76.837432