BlockVanished settlements of Mendocino County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 15 places in Mendocino County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
15A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Valley Rancheria | Ukiah quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Calpella | 15 sheets, 1920 to 1981 | |
| Crittendon | near Bus McGall, Yorkville quadrangle | 3.2 miles north-east of Largo | 16 sheets, 1938 to 1991 | |
| Dunlap | on Chamberlain Creek, Comptche quadrangle | 4.9 miles north of Northspur | 14 sheets, 1920 to 1991 | |
| Empire | on Elk Creek, Tan Oak Park quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of Tan Oak Park | 14 sheets, 1920 to 1981 | |
| Hardin | near Tyler Valley, Asti quadrangle | 9.4 miles north-west of Pieta | 22 sheets, 1921 to 1998 | |
| Lane Redwood Flat | on Dora Creek, Piercy quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of Riverdale | 16 sheets, 1950 to 1981 | |
| Rankin | near Duncan Peak, Hopland quadrangle | 1.5 miles north of Duncan Springs | 18 sheets, 1938 to 1981 | |
| Reynolds | on Bear Pen Creek, Piercy quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-west of Piercy | 16 sheets, 1950 to 1981 | |
| River Garden | on Tin Cabin Creek, Iron Peak quadrangle | 0.7 miles east of Reyes Place | 15 sheets, 1920 to 1981 | |
| Rowes | near Twin Rocks, Burbeck quadrangle | 2.7 miles north of Arnold | 15 sheets, 1922 to 1991 | |
| Sherburns | on Black Butte River, Newhouse Ridge quadrangle | 3.5 miles south-east of McClure Place | 16 sheets, 1926 to 1995 | |
| Signal Port | on Signal Port Creek, Gualala quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Fish Rock | 19 sheets, 1943 to 1998 | |
| Stronetta | on Hathaway Creek, Point Arena quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Flumeville | 19 sheets, 1943 to 1981 | |
| Sunnyside | near Little Baldy, Bluenose Ridge quadrangle | 5.8 miles south-east of Reeves Place | 18 sheets, 1926 to 1995 | |
| Sylvandale | near Swamp Gulch, Burbeck quadrangle | 2.6 miles north-east of Arnold | 15 sheets, 1922 to 1991 |
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.