BlockVanished settlements of Washington County, Arkansas
The Geographic Names Information System records 12 places in Washington County, Arkansas that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
12A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara | Fayetteville quadrangle | 2.0 miles south of Fayetteville | 19 sheets, 1899 to 1995 | |
| Blewford | Robinson quadrangle | 3.2 miles east of Harmon | 17 sheets, 1899 to 1979 | |
| Carter | near Lutman Hollow, Sulphur City quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Hicks | 15 sheets, 1898 to 1978 | |
| Cross Roads | Springdale quadrangle | 1.4 miles west of Oak Grove | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1994 | |
| Jabur | on Goose Creek, Wheeler quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Wedington Woods | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1979 | |
| McGuire | Elkins quadrangle | 1.7 miles south of Elkins | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1994 | |
| Porters Store | on Dry Creek, Brentwood quadrangle | 0.7 miles east of Hazel Valley | 15 sheets, 1898 to 1978 | |
| Rickert | near Weaver Hill, Wheeler quadrangle | 2.1 miles south of Viney Grove | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1979 | |
| Ruckers Grove | on Town Branch, Elkins quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-east of Baldwin | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1994 | |
| Sexton | near Sugartree Mountain, Westville quadrangle | 2.9 miles south of Dutch Mills | 17 sheets, 1898 to 1978 | |
| Summit | on West Fork White River, Elkins quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Baldwin | 18 sheets, 1899 to 1994 | |
| Sydenham | near Round Mountain, Elkins quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-west of Harris | 18 sheets, 1899 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.