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Vanished settlements of DeKalb County, Alabama

The Geographic Names Information System records 25 places in DeKalb County, Alabama that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

25

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
Bootsvillenear Long Hollow, Chavies quadrangle1.5 miles north-west of Pleasant Hill21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Chumleyon Dark Hollow Branch, Keener quadrangle0.3 miles north of Hendrixville20 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Clydenear Ripshin Ridge, Portersville quadrangle0.8 miles north-west of Maynard22 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Cordellnear Wade Gulf, Dugout Valley quadrangle1.6 miles south-east of Lake Howard22 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Cotnamnear Mount Vera Ridge, Crossville quadrangle2.7 miles north of Dawson21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Floyon Big Branch, Fyffe quadrangle1.3 miles south of Gilbert Crossroads21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Hendrickvilleon Little Sand Valley Creek, Crossville quadrangle2.8 miles north of Dawson21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Hixon Glade Branch, Fyffe quadrangle1.1 miles east of Gibson Crossroads21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Homeron Little Sand Valley Creek, Crossville quadrangle2.6 miles north-east of Copeland Bridge21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Larimorenear Red Hill, Portersville quadrangle1.5 miles south-west of Copeland Bridge22 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Lunaon Ivy Creek, Chavies quadrangle0.6 miles south-west of Pleasant Hill21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Mahannear Frog Valley (historical), Sylvania quadrangle0.8 miles south of Sylvania22 sheets, 1886 to 1981
MarcusKeener quadrangle1.9 miles east of Hendrixville20 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Mays Gulfnear Pea Ridge, Dugout Valley quadrangle1.1 miles west of New Home22 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Mount ZionRodentown quadrangle1.0 miles north of Arona22 sheets, 1885 to 1984
MusgroveSylvania quadrangle1.8 miles south-west of Rainsville22 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Nicholsonnear Dugout Valley, Crossville quadrangle0.8 miles south-west of Dawson21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Pine Groveon Stapp Creek, Portersville quadrangle1.1 miles south-east of Powell22 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Rainsnear Neighbors Hollow, Painter quadrangle0.8 miles north-east of Kilpatrick22 sheets, 1885 to 1984
Rawlingsvillenear Railroad Valley, Fort Payne quadrangle0.8 miles west of Minvale23 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Snake Creeknear Keith Hollow, Dugout Valley quadrangle1.0 miles south of Stamp22 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Thirtyninenear Middle Point, Grove Oak quadrangle2.9 miles south-west of Grove Oak22 sheets, 1885 to 1984
Tuckeron Camprock Creek, Little River quadrangle2.3 miles south-west of Powell19 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Willsnear Cove Hollow, Crossville quadrangle1.2 miles west of Fairview21 sheets, 1893 to 1981
Willstownon Horton Branch, Portersville quadrangle0.3 miles south of Lebanon22 sheets, 1893 to 1981

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.