BlockVanished settlements of Lauderdale County, Alabama
The Geographic Names Information System records 38 places in Lauderdale County, Alabama that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
38A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnot | near Happy Hollow, Pruitton quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Bailey Springs | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Atlas | on East Fork Sixmile Creek, Pruitton quadrangle | 0.2 miles south-west of Parkertown | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Bainbridge | near Five Acre Island (historical), Killen quadrangle | 0.4 miles north of Indian Springs | 18 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Beach Grove | on Douglass Branch, Wheeler Dam quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Big Oak | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Belew | on Keaty Branch, Center Hill quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-east of Sweet Gum | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Belleview | on Bluewater Creek, Wheeler Dam quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-west of Lock Three | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Bethel | Union Hill quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Powell | 14 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Canaan | near McFarland Bottoms, Florence quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Florence | 19 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Cedar Hill | on Bills Branch, Lexington quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Whitehead | 16 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Corum | by Ivy Bluff, Lexington quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Whitehead | 16 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Estep | on Belue Branch, Rogersville quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-west of Romine | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Green Tree | on Smith Ditch, Sinking Creek quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-east of Kimbrough Crossroads | 18 sheets, 1924 to 1986 | |
| Haddock | near Smith Hollow, Yellow Creek quadrangle | 7.1 miles south-east of Waterloo | 21 sheets, 1911 to 1994 | |
| Hurricane | on Hurricane Branch, Lexington quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Romine | 16 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Kendell | on Cooper Branch, Wright quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Murphy Cross Roads | 18 sheets, 1924 to 1986 | |
| Keys Chapel | on Parsonage Branch, Blackburn quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Zip City | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Kilburn | on Jones Branch, Pruitton quadrangle | 1.6 miles east of Falconhead | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Kingman | on Shoal Creek, Killen quadrangle | 0.8 miles south-west of Sky Park | 18 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Marmion | near Ingram Hollow, Wheeler Dam quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Elgin | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Masonville | on Brush Creek, Killen quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-east of East Killen | 18 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Mathews | on Bumpass Creek, Waterloo quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Waterloo | 18 sheets, 1911 to 1994 | |
| McGee | Pruitton quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-east of Parkertown | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Mecca | on Cowpen Creek, Pruitton quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-east of Green Hill | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Melvin | on Bruton Branch, Threet quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-east of Threet | 19 sheets, 1924 to 1986 | |
| Mount Olive | near Sharp Hollow, Waterloo quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-east of Waterloo | 18 sheets, 1911 to 1994 | |
| New Georgia | near Strickland Hollow, Union Hill quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-west of Anderson | 14 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| North Carolina | on West Fork Richardson Creek, Center Hill quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Parkertown | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| North Port | near River Hill (historical), Florence quadrangle | 0.8 miles north of Florence | 19 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Palestine | on Little Bluewater Creek, Center Hill quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Center Hill | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Posey | near Michael Hollow, Center Hill quadrangle | 1.4 miles north of Center Hill | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Shaw | in Shaw Hollow, Yellow Creek quadrangle | 7.1 miles south-east of Waterloo | 21 sheets, 1911 to 1994 | |
| Slabtown | on Keaty Branch, Center Hill quadrangle | 0.9 miles east of Sweet Gum | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Stoney Point | on Ijams Branch, Blackburn quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Terrace View | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Stutts | on West Fork Richardson Creek, Pruitton quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Parkertown | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Sugar | on Warren Branch, Union Hill quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-west of Powell | 14 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Webster | on Wilson Branch, Blackburn quadrangle | 0.8 miles north of Hines | 17 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Westmoreland | Union Hill quadrangle | 3.2 miles north-west of Powell | 14 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Wilson Dam Village Number Three | near Jones Hollow, Florence quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-east of Lakeside Highlands | 19 sheets, 1914 to 1986 |
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.