BlockVanished settlements of Fresno County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 29 places in Fresno County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
29A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bender | Burrel quadrangle | 2.0 miles south of Lanare | 22 sheets, 1927 to 1993 | |
| Bronge | Clovis quadrangle | 1.1 miles south-west of Las Palmas | 22 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Butler | Malaga quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Locans | 20 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Caldwell | San Joaquin quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-west of San Joaquin | 15 sheets, 1925 to 1982 | |
| Collins | Round Mountain quadrangle | 5.3 miles west of Glorietta | 21 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Dickerson | Herndon quadrangle | 0.5 miles east of Raco | 20 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| El Prado | Friant quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of Gordon | 20 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Eshel | Malaga quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of Goldleaf | 20 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Fargo | Sanger quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-east of Uva | 19 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Fort Camp | Clovis quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Burness | 22 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Fresno Beach | near Scout Island, Fresno North quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Sierra Sky Park | 20 sheets, 1921 to 1982 | |
| Fresno City | Tranquillity quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-east of Tranquillity | 18 sheets, 1924 to 1982 | |
| Granz | Malaga quadrangle | 0.6 miles east of Sunnyside | 20 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Letcher | Academy quadrangle | 7.8 miles north of Marshall Junction | 21 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Lillis | Laton quadrangle | 1.7 miles east of Laton | 18 sheets, 1927 to 1993 | |
| McKenzie Spring | on North Fork Little Dry Creek, Academy quadrangle | 2.6 miles west of Millerton | 21 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| McMullin | Kearney Park quadrangle | 5.2 miles south-east of Raisin City | 19 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Millwood | near McKenzie Ridge, Miramonte quadrangle | 2.6 miles south of Cedarbrook | 23 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Nares | Helm quadrangle | 0.4 miles south of Helm | 17 sheets, 1925 to 1982 | |
| Nevills | Kearney Park quadrangle | 0.2 miles east of Pratton | 19 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Oakhurst | Wahtoke quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-west of Minkler | 23 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Reka | Sanger quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Sanger | 19 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Riverview | near Scout Island, Fresno North quadrangle | 0.8 miles south-west of Sierra Sky Park | 20 sheets, 1921 to 1982 | |
| Robinson | Riverdale quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-west of Riverdale | 18 sheets, 1924 to 1993 | |
| Rugg | Kerman quadrangle | 0.7 miles east of Floyd | 15 sheets, 1947 to 1982 | |
| Sentinel | near Keys Mountain, Humphreys Station quadrangle | 5.2 miles north of Prather | 26 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Shipp | Friant quadrangle | 2.6 miles north of Millerton | 20 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Sparkville | on North Fork Little Dry Creek, Academy quadrangle | 2.8 miles west of Millerton | 21 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Vanris | Clovis quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Cameo | 22 sheets, 1923 to 1982 |
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.