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Vanished settlements of Colbert County, Alabama

The Geographic Names Information System records 26 places in Colbert County, Alabama that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

26

A 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 PlaceWhere it stood Nearest place today Mapped
Bainbridgeon McKiernan Creek, Killen quadrangle0.6 miles east of Wilson Lake Shores18 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Campbell Settlementnear Campbell Hollow, Leighton quadrangle1.1 miles east of Whiteoak19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Carytonnear Cary Hollow, Margerum quadrangle3.9 miles south of Margerum19 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Chickasawnear Dark Hollow, Waterloo quadrangle0.4 miles south of Riverton18 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Crows Campnear Hayes Hollow, Waterloo quadrangle2.7 miles south-west of Riverton18 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Davidsons Cross Roadson Hawkins Creek, Killen quadrangle0.8 miles north-east of Alabama Shores18 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Dentonon Beech Lick Branch, Pleasant Grove quadrangle2.8 miles east of Rock Creek19 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Doubleheads Villageon Moon Spring Branch, Cherokee quadrangle0.2 miles east of Mhoontown19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Furnace Hillon Spring Creek, Florence quadrangle0.8 miles north-east of Sheffield19 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Gatesvillenear Red Rock Valley, Pride quadrangle1.5 miles east of Pride19 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Good Springson Mill Branch, Bishop quadrangle0.7 miles north of Maud13 sheets, 1936 to 1994
Hubon McLemore Branch, Pleasant Grove quadrangle3.9 miles east of Rock Creek19 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Hunteron Isbell Branch, Leighton quadrangle1.1 miles north of Spring Valley19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Ingletonnear Spencer Hollow, Margerum quadrangle1.8 miles south of Chisca19 sheets, 1911 to 1994
La Grangenear LaGrange Mountain, Leighton quadrangle1.9 miles east of Whiteoak19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Little Zionnear Timber Knob Mountain, Pride quadrangle2.2 miles north-west of Newsome Springs19 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Loyallon Spring Creek, Florence quadrangle0.7 miles south of South Sheffield19 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Mount Pleasantnear Fleet Hollow, Killen quadrangle1.1 miles north of Steenson Hollow18 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Mountain Millson Beeswax Branch, Barton quadrangle1.7 miles east of Red Rock20 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Newporton Malone Creek, Cherokee quadrangle2.9 miles south of Barton19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Oka Kapassaon Spring Creek, Tuscumbia quadrangle0.7 miles south-east of Rivermont18 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Panenear Doss Hollow, Old Bethel quadrangle1.8 miles east of La Grange19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Poplar Creekon Watson Spring Branch, Old Bethel quadrangle2.1 miles south of La Grange19 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Sand LickFrankfort quadrangle0.9 miles south of Crooked Oak19 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Shady Groveon Midway Branch, Town Creek quadrangle0.4 miles north of Midway15 sheets, 1936 to 1986
Walkeron Buck Branch, Margerum quadrangle2.9 miles north of Riverton19 sheets, 1911 to 1994

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.