BlockVanished settlements of Tallapoosa County, Alabama
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 places in Tallapoosa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkehatchee | on Wind Creek, Our Town quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Russell Ferry Estates | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Benson | Our Town quadrangle | 3.6 miles south-east of Bama Park | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Bethleham | New Site quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of New Site | 11 sheets, 1891 to 1978 | |
| Cholocco Litabixee | on Emuckfaw Creek, Buttston quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-west of Tohopeka | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Church Hill | Thornton quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Simmons Crossroads | 10 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Dyke | Our Town quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Bulgers | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Emuckfaw | Daviston quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-west of Simpson | 11 sheets, 1891 to 1978 | |
| Hamlet | on Emuckfaw Creek, Buttston quadrangle | 2.8 miles south of Tohopeka | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Harmony | New Site quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-west of New Site | 11 sheets, 1891 to 1978 | |
| Hillabi | on Tanyard Branch, Hackneyville quadrangle | 0.0 miles north of Old Providence | 12 sheets, 1891 to 1978 | |
| Island Home | on Wind Creek, Our Town quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Russell Ferry Estates | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Matilda | on Soapstone Creek, Buttston quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-east of Everglade | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Niuyaka | on Eagle Creek, Buttston quadrangle | 3.2 miles south-west of Eagle Creek | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Oakfuskee | near Youngs Island, Dadeville quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Piney Point | 12 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Oakfuskudshi | on County Line Creek, Buttston quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Buttston | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Ozella | near Youngs Island, Dadeville quadrangle | 1.6 miles north of Piney Point | 12 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Persons Bridge | on McCowan Creek, Dudleyville quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Hampton | 10 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| River Bend | near Youngs Island, Dadeville quadrangle | 3.0 miles north of Piney Point | 12 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Rover | Our Town quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Wind Creek Farms | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Smith Crossroads | on North Branch Blue Creek, Thornton quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Pinnell | 10 sheets, 1906 to 1981 | |
| Zana | on Little Emuckfaw Creek, Daviston quadrangle | 0.5 miles east of Zana | 11 sheets, 1891 to 1978 |
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.