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Vanished settlements of Nevada County, California

The Geographic Names Information System records 26 places in Nevada County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

26

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
Alphanear Skillman Flat, Washington quadrangle1.8 miles east of Omega34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Badger Hillon Grizzly Creek, Camptonville quadrangle1.3 miles south-west of Cherokee27 sheets, 1888 to 2000
Bear Valleynear Lowell Hill Ridge, Blue Canyon quadrangle2.6 miles east of Camp Spaulding34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Buena Vistanear Sonntag Hill, Chicago Park quadrangle0.8 miles south of Coleman36 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Championon Gold Run, Nevada City quadrangle0.8 miles south-west of Timber Trails28 sheets, 1888 to 2000
Crystal Springsnear Banner Mountain, North Bloomfield quadrangle0.9 miles north of Willow Valley33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Democratby Excelsior, Washington quadrangle2.9 miles north-west of Junction House34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Dillonon South Fork Poorman Creek, Alleghany quadrangle2.0 miles south-west of Washington33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Eagle Birdon Fall Creek, Blue Canyon quadrangle3.0 miles west of Omega34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Forest Springnear French Ravine, Grass Valley quadrangle0.7 miles south of Kenwood Estates28 sheets, 1888 to 1998
Hunts Hillnear Gas Canyon, Chicago Park quadrangle1.7 miles south-east of Red Dog36 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Jones Baron Rush Creek, Nevada City quadrangle2.9 miles south of Newtown28 sheets, 1888 to 2000
Langson Jordan Creek, Blue Canyon quadrangle1.1 miles east of Camp Spaulding34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Little Yorknear Hawkins Canyon, Chicago Park quadrangle1.6 miles north-west of You Bet36 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Malakoffnear Buck Mountain, North Bloomfield quadrangle1.1 miles east of North Bloomfield33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Mayberton Fall Creek, Blue Canyon quadrangle3.0 miles south-west of Omega34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Prosseron Station Creek, Martis Peak quadrangle1.5 miles south-east of Union Mills36 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Providenceon Gold Run, Nevada City quadrangle0.8 miles south-west of Timber Trails28 sheets, 1888 to 2000
Quaker Hillon Quaker Hill, North Bloomfield quadrangle0.3 miles north-west of Cascade Shores33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Remington Hillon North Fork Steephollow Creek, Washington quadrangle2.8 miles north of Junction House34 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Shandsnear Cherry Hill, Alleghany quadrangle2.4 miles north-east of Graniteville33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Shelby Flatnear Selby Flat, Nevada City quadrangle1.1 miles south-east of White Spot28 sheets, 1888 to 2000
Snow Pointnear Golconda Ravine, Alleghany quadrangle1.0 miles west of Orleans Flat33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Snow TentAlleghany quadrangle1.2 miles north-west of Woolsey Flat33 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Summit Citynear Hartley Butte, English Mountain quadrangle2.5 miles south-west of Baltimore Town30 sheets, 1891 to 2000
Wokodoton Little Deer Creek, Nevada City quadrangle0.2 miles south-east of Nevada City28 sheets, 1888 to 2000

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.