BlockVanished settlements of Placer County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Placer County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
16A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | near Schallenberger Ridge, Norden quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Andover | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Baltimore | near Smiths Point, Foresthill quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-east of Foresthill | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Bath | Foresthill quadrangle | 1.7 miles south-west of Foresthill | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Drum | Dutch Flat quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of Forebay | 37 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Flat Ravine | in Flat Ravine, Duncan Peak quadrangle | 5.9 miles west of Last Chance | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Goggins | near Ralston Ridge, Greek Store quadrangle | 0.1 miles south-east of Goggins | 29 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Greekstore | near Peavine Ridge, Greek Store quadrangle | 3.7 miles south-east of Goggins | 29 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Illinoistown | near Colfax Hill, Colfax quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Colfax | 34 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Mayflower | near Young America Canyon, Foresthill quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Foresthill | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Millertown | near Duncan Hill, Auburn quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-east of Auburn | 33 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| Ralston | near Long Canyon, Michigan Bluff quadrangle | 4.4 miles north-west of Michigan Bluff | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Red Point | by Red Point, Westville quadrangle | 3.5 miles north-east of Westville | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Secret Canyon | near Hogback, Duncan Peak quadrangle | 3.4 miles west of Westville | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Spruce | Soda Springs quadrangle | 1.9 miles west of Troy | 36 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Stanford | near Emigrant Canyon, Norden quadrangle | 1.4 miles west of Eder | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Tamarack | Soda Springs quadrangle | 0.9 miles west of Rainbow | 36 sheets, 1891 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.