BlockVanished settlements of Amador County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 places in Amador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinatown | on Copper Creek, Ione quadrangle | 0.2 miles west of Ione | 28 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Dew Drop | on Long John Creek, Caldor quadrangle | 4.7 miles south-west of Barton | 30 sheets, 1889 to 1976 | |
| Forest Home | Irish Hill quadrangle | 4.5 miles south-west of Carbondale | 28 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Irishtown | near Clinton Peak, Pine Grove quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of Clinton | 28 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Lancha Plana | near China Gulch, Wallace quadrangle | 4.9 miles north of Buena Vista | 30 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Lower Rancheria | near Quartz Mountain, Amador City quadrangle | 0.9 miles west of New Chicago | 30 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| May | Carbondale quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Carbondale | 25 sheets, 1894 to 1993 | |
| Milligan District | near Jackson Butte, Mokelumne Hill quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-east of Electra | 29 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Pokerville | on Spring Valley Branch, Amador City quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Plymouth | 30 sheets, 1889 to 1993 | |
| Tragedy Spring | near Treasure Island, Tragedy Spring quadrangle | 1.0 miles east of Plasse | 30 sheets, 1889 to 1992 |
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.