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Vanished settlements of Kern County, California

The Geographic Names Information System records 46 places in Kern County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

46

A 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 PlaceWhere it stood Nearest place today Mapped
AsphaltoWest Elk Hills quadrangle1.2 miles west of McKittrick24 sheets, 1912 to 1981
CambioMojave quadrangle2.9 miles south-west of Chaffee28 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Canebrakenear Berts Canyon, Walker Pass quadrangle3.4 miles west of Canebrake29 sheets, 1906 to 1978
EairesSoledad Mountain quadrangle1.8 miles south of Ansel25 sheets, 1915 to 1981
Ericnear Tehachapi Valley, Monolith quadrangle2.0 miles south-east of Cameron27 sheets, 1915 to 1992
FluhrEdwards quadrangle1.5 miles south-east of Edwards19 sheets, 1937 to 1992
FramMojave quadrangle2.4 miles south of Chaffee28 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Gold Townnear Standard Hill, Mojave quadrangle0.6 miles east of Fleta28 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Inmansnear Jacksons Hole, Claraville quadrangle1.6 miles north-east of Claraville28 sheets, 1915 to 1978
Isabellaon South Fork Kern River, Lake Isabella North quadrangle2.7 miles south of Lake Isabella28 sheets, 1906 to 1978
Kernvilleon Nellie Dent Creek, Lake Isabella North quadrangle1.2 miles south-west of Wofford Heights28 sheets, 1906 to 1978
KyanBuena Vista Lake Bed quadrangle3.2 miles south-west of San Emidio28 sheets, 1910 to 1981
La Roseon La Rose Creek, Monolith quadrangle1.6 miles west of Cameron27 sheets, 1915 to 1992
LeliterInyokern quadrangle2.2 miles west of Bradys23 sheets, 1915 to 1993
LeonardsWasco SW quadrangle4.1 miles east of Palmo19 sheets, 1930 to 1993
LeveeMillux quadrangle2.1 miles east of Millux26 sheets, 1910 to 1981
Little DixieDove Spring quadrangle3.0 miles east of Harts Place26 sheets, 1915 to 1978
Miracle Hot Springson Clear Creek, Miracle Hot Springs quadrangle2.5 miles east of Bodfish24 sheets, 1920 to 1978
MurocRogers Lake North quadrangle3.6 miles west of Edwards19 sheets, 1937 to 1992
NeuraliaMojave NE quadrangle4.5 miles north of Cinco28 sheets, 1915 to 1978
North MurocNorth Edwards quadrangle1.1 miles north-west of North Edwards28 sheets, 1915 to 1976
OligReward quadrangle1.3 miles west of Reward22 sheets, 1912 to 1981
PackwoodPackwood Creek quadrangle5.9 miles north of Kecks Corner20 sheets, 1914 to 1989
PalomaMillux quadrangle0.5 miles north-east of Gulf26 sheets, 1910 to 1981
PattiwayBallinger Canyon quadrangle7.8 miles north of Hazelton27 sheets, 1903 to 1995
Petersburgnear Quartz Mountain, Miracle Hot Springs quadrangle2.7 miles north of Pettit Place24 sheets, 1920 to 1978
PetroPond quadrangle1.2 miles south of Elmo20 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Piuteon Setimo Creek, Piute Peak quadrangle5.0 miles north-east of Claraville26 sheets, 1915 to 1978
Redrocknear Red Rock Canyon, Cantil quadrangle2.2 miles north-west of Ricardo26 sheets, 1915 to 1976
Reefer Citynear Standard Hill, Mojave quadrangle1.5 miles east of Fleta28 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Rock Springsnear Mount Adelaide, Mount Adelaide quadrangle4.9 miles south-west of Tarina27 sheets, 1914 to 1978
SageMojave quadrangle0.5 miles east of Chaffee28 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Saltdalenear Last Chance Canyon, Cantil quadrangle0.6 miles south-west of Ceneda26 sheets, 1915 to 1976
Scovern Hot Springsnear Hot Spring Valley, Lake Isabella South quadrangle0.2 miles south of Lake Isabella28 sheets, 1906 to 1978
Shady Restnear Grouse Meadow, Claraville quadrangle2.5 miles north of Claraville28 sheets, 1915 to 1978
SolonRogers Lake North quadrangle4.1 miles north-east of Silt19 sheets, 1937 to 1992
StrandStevens quadrangle2.5 miles south-east of Stevens28 sheets, 1910 to 1981
SullivanTehachapi North quadrangle0.5 miles west of Summit27 sheets, 1915 to 1992
Summersnear Bitterwater Canyon, Packwood Creek quadrangle9.5 miles north of Kecks Corner20 sheets, 1914 to 1989
Teaglenear Hardcash Gulch, El Paso Peaks quadrangle3.0 miles west of Rand28 sheets, 1903 to 1976
TereseInyokern SE quadrangle5.1 miles north-east of Ridgecrest Heights23 sheets, 1915 to 1993
TrescapeMojave NE quadrangle5.2 miles east of California City28 sheets, 1915 to 1978
TrevesEdison quadrangle2.8 miles east of Bena29 sheets, 1914 to 1992
VaccaroArvin quadrangle1.3 miles north-west of Arvin28 sheets, 1914 to 1992
Warrennear Hale McLeod Canyon, Fellows quadrangle0.7 miles south of Midoil23 sheets, 1912 to 1981
West BakerBoron quadrangle1.5 miles east of Baker23 sheets, 1915 to 1976

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.