BlockVanished settlements of Madera County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 18 places in Madera County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
18A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash | Chowchilla quadrangle | 3.5 miles south of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Bailey Flats | on Bailey Flats, Horsecamp Mountain quadrangle | 5.0 miles east of Ahwahnee | 25 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Califa | Berenda quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-east of Fairmead | 19 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Fort Miller | near Dumna Island, Millerton Lake West quadrangle | 4.7 miles north-west of Indian Springs | 31 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Grub Gulch | near Indian Hill, Horsecamp Mountain quadrangle | 3.7 miles north-east of Ahwahnee | 25 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Hillside | on Whisky Creek, Raymond quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Knowles | 24 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Jesbel | near Rawls Gulch, Raymond quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Daulton | 24 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Lankershim | on Little Dry Creek, Gregg quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-east of Trigo | 19 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Lincoln | Chowchilla quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Magnet | on Coon Creek, O'Neals quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-west of O'Neals | 25 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Medano | Le Grand quadrangle | 2.5 miles south-east of Sharon | 16 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Narbo | on Picayune Creek, O'Neals quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Indian Lakes Estates | 25 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Ovejo | Chowchilla quadrangle | 2.5 miles south of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Plains | Chowchilla quadrangle | 2.2 miles east of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Talbot | Kismet quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-east of Valley Lake Ranchos | 18 sheets, 1920 to 1983 | |
| Tillman | Chowchilla quadrangle | 1.8 miles south-east of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Tyler | Chowchilla quadrangle | 2.7 miles south of Dairyland | 15 sheets, 1918 to 1983 | |
| Willow Glen | on Picayune Creek, O'Neals quadrangle | 1.5 miles east of Indian Lakes Estates | 25 sheets, 1912 to 1980 |
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.