BlockVanished settlements of San Bernardino County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 29 places in San Bernardino County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
29A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | by The Palisades, Tecopa quadrangle | 3.3 miles south of Sperry | 21 sheets, 1933 to 1993 | |
| Ailsa | Fontana quadrangle | 1.8 miles north of Fontana | 39 sheets, 1896 to 1982 | |
| Baxter | near Afton Canyon, Cave Mountain quadrangle | 0.3 miles west of Basin | 24 sheets, 1933 to 1996 | |
| Belfast | Soda Lake South quadrangle | 3.6 miles west of Crucero | 21 sheets, 1933 to 1993 | |
| Bismarck | Yermo quadrangle | 1.2 miles south of Calico | 15 sheets, 1953 to 1977 | |
| Browns | on Mill Creek, Redlands quadrangle | 1.7 miles south of Mentone | 39 sheets, 1899 to 1996 | |
| Cedar Springs | near Sawpit Canyon, Silverwood Lake quadrangle | 2.3 miles south of Cedarpines Park | 32 sheets, 1901 to 1996 | |
| Collins | Guasti quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Creekside | 41 sheets, 1897 to 1982 | |
| Cronise | Cave Mountain quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Cronese Valley | 24 sheets, 1933 to 1996 | |
| Dells | near Icehouse Canyon, Mount Baldy quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-west of Mount Baldy | 47 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Dumont | Dumont Dunes quadrangle | 4.2 miles north-west of Sperry | 21 sheets, 1933 to 1993 | |
| Eads | Twelve Gauge Lake quadrangle | 4.6 miles east of Hinkley | 19 sheets, 1932 to 1982 | |
| Etiwa | on East Etiwanda Creek, Guasti quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of South Fontana | 41 sheets, 1897 to 1982 | |
| Fort Piute | Homer Mountain quadrangle | 11.2 miles west of Lanfair | 31 sheets, 1886 to 1984 | |
| Grapeland | near Duncan Canyon, Devore quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-east of Sierra Heights | 41 sheets, 1896 to 1996 | |
| Greenspot | on Mill Creek, Yucaipa quadrangle | 1.7 miles south of Crafton | 36 sheets, 1899 to 1996 | |
| Hart | Hart Peak quadrangle | 5.4 miles north of Juan | 27 sheets, 1910 to 1985 | |
| Hawes | Twelve Gauge Lake quadrangle | 5.5 miles north of Lockhart | 19 sheets, 1932 to 1982 | |
| King | Crucero Hill quadrangle | 2.3 miles east of Crucero | 22 sheets, 1933 to 1993 | |
| Kramer Hills | Kramer Hills quadrangle | 3.9 miles north of Jimgrey | 17 sheets, 1932 to 1982 | |
| Las Uvas | Cucamonga Peak quadrangle | 0.5 miles east of Grapeland | 48 sheets, 1897 to 1996 | |
| Mace | Barstow quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Grandview | 21 sheets, 1932 to 1982 | |
| Mound City | on San Timoteo Wash, San Bernardino South quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Loma Linda | 38 sheets, 1896 to 1982 | |
| Poe | Troy Lake quadrangle | 3.7 miles east of Hector | 14 sheets, 1953 to 1982 | |
| Saint Elmo | Red Mountain quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Atolia | 26 sheets, 1903 to 1976 | |
| San Sevaine | Fontana quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Declez | 39 sheets, 1896 to 1982 | |
| Talc | North of Baker quadrangle | 6.3 miles north-west of Renoville | 21 sheets, 1933 to 1993 | |
| The Pines | on Converse Creek, Big Bear Lake quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of Seven Oaks | 36 sheets, 1901 to 1996 | |
| Tin Shack | on Whipple Wash, Whipple Wash quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Havasu Palms | 21 sheets, 1911 to 1985 |
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.