BlockVanished settlements of Bibb County, Alabama
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 places in Bibb County, Alabama that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
21A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardela | on Little Ugly Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-east of Piper | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Big Springs | on Johnson Creek, Woodstock quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Shawtown | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Blocton | on Hill Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 0.4 miles north-east of Italian Town | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Braehead | West Blocton West quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Lucille | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Bucktown | on Hill Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Italian Town | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Burmah | on Flat Creek, Woodstock quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of McGrawtown | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Cadle | on Big Ugly Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of Coleanor | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Cane Creek | on Coal Branch, Halfmile Shoals quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of Garnsey | 20 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Corinne | on Hill Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Italian Town | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Data | Pondville quadrangle | 3.6 miles north-east of Little Hope | 11 sheets, 1953 to 2002 | |
| Egypt | Pearson quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Little Hope | 20 sheets, 1899 to 2002 | |
| Fikestown | West Blocton West quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-east of Lucille | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Hargrove | on Caffee Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 2.1 miles east of Piper | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Hawkinsville | West Blocton East quadrangle | 1.1 miles north of Piper | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Nash Town | on Bear Branch, West Blocton East quadrangle | 0.5 miles north of Belle Ellen | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| New Hargrove | on Hill Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 1.5 miles north of Italian Town | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Nichols | Heiberger quadrangle | 2.8 miles north-east of Harrisburg | 11 sheets, 1953 to 2002 | |
| Penootaw | on Schultz Creek, Centreville West quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-east of Gary Springs | 11 sheets, 1953 to 2002 | |
| Pilgrim Rest | on Cottingham Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 2.9 miles south-west of Gary Springs | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| River Bend | on Little Schultz Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 4.3 miles south of Gary Springs | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 | |
| Stacks Hill | on Hill Creek, West Blocton East quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Italian Town | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1984 |
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.