BlockVanished settlements of Marshall County, Alabama
The Geographic Names Information System records 23 places in Marshall County, Alabama that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
23A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett | on Lemon Branch, Douglas quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Needmore | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Big Spring | Brooksville quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-east of Nixon Chapel | 23 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Bowen | on Big Branch, Brooksville quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-west of Nixon Chapel | 23 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Ferns Quarter | on Fearn Branch, Guntersville Dam quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of Black Center | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Fort Deposit | near Caney Hollow, Mount Carmel quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-east of Holiday Shores | 24 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Friendship | on Carroll Branch, Douglas quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Mount Hebron | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Gregory | near Rocky Branch Hollow, Guntersville quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Mountain View | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Jink | Grove Oak quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-west of Asbury | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Johnson | near Baker Hill, Mount Carmel quadrangle | 1.8 miles east of Claysville | 24 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Keel | by Big Rock, Grant quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Bucksnort | 23 sheets, 1888 to 1984 | |
| Lamont | near Merrill Mountain, Guntersville Dam quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-east of Black Center | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Lot | on Mayo Branch, Albertville quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of McVille | 24 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| May Apple | Hulaco quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-west of Rice | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1984 | |
| Mid | near Center Point, Columbus City quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Five Points | 23 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Minorville | on Berry Branch, Albertville quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Lane | 24 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| North | near Jim Cryar Hill, Mount Carmel quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-east of Claysville | 24 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Pendergrass | near Tucker Cove, Grove Oak quadrangle | 3.3 miles south-west of Poplar Springs | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Peters | on Little Shoal Creek, Painter quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Asbury | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Red Apple | on Yellow Branch, Boaz quadrangle | 2.3 miles north-east of Boaz | 23 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Reedbrake | Douglas quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-west of Douglas | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Southern | near Cherry Hollow, Newsome Sinks quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-west of Mount Olive | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1984 | |
| Street | Guntersville quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Pleasant Grove | 22 sheets, 1885 to 1984 | |
| Upton | near Sugar Tree Hollow, Guntersville Dam quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Black Center | 22 sheets, 1885 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.