Snelltown, Maryland

Snelltown, Maryland
Snelltown Location in Maryland
Coordinates: 39°07′29″N 76°50′14″W
Country	United States of America
State	Maryland
County	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.

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

• Snell's Bridge
• Bacontown, Maryland

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.

39.124911°N 76.837432°W / 39.124911; -76.837432