BlockVanished settlements of Alameda County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 places in Alameda County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
10A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asco | on Tassajara Creek, Livermore quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Pleasanton | 27 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Clinton | near Coast Guard Island, Oakland West quadrangle | 1.1 miles west of Chinatown | 37 sheets, 1895 to 1993 | |
| Drawbridge | near Station Island, Milpitas quadrangle | 2.2 miles north of Albrae | 29 sheets, 1889 to 1978 | |
| Elliot | Livermore quadrangle | 0.5 miles east of East Pleasanton | 27 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Greenville | Altamont quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Ulmar | 26 sheets, 1907 to 1989 | |
| Mallard | on Mission Creek, Niles quadrangle | 1.7 miles west of Fremont | 26 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Merienda | near Niles Canyon, Niles quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Dresser | 26 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Radum | Livermore quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Pleasanton | 27 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Remillard | Livermore quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of East Pleasanton | 27 sheets, 1906 to 1989 | |
| Robert | on San Lorenzo Creek, San Leandro quadrangle | 1.8 miles east of San Lorenzo | 34 sheets, 1899 to 1993 |
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.