BlockVanished settlements of San Luis Obispo County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 places in San Luis Obispo County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
11A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt Mines | on East Corral de Piedra Creek, Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle | 0.7 miles north of Edna | 34 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Dove | on Paloma Creek, Atascadero quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Cushing | 29 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Eaglet | near Rocky Canyon, Santa Margarita quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Cushing | 27 sheets, 1897 to 1981 | |
| Maxwellton | on East Corral de Piedra Creek, Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-east of Edna | 34 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Musick | on Saucelito Creek, Tar Spring Ridge quadrangle | 5.9 miles south of Huasna | 22 sheets, 1922 to 1995 | |
| Navajo | on McGinnis Creek, Camatta Ranch quadrangle | 4.0 miles east of La Panza | 21 sheets, 1922 to 1995 | |
| Poloma | on Paloma Creek, Atascadero quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-west of Henry | 29 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Reeds | near Cañada Verde, Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Tiber | 34 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Steele | on East Corral de Piedra Creek, Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Edna | 34 sheets, 1897 to 1995 | |
| Summit | near Los Berros Canyon, Oceano quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Los Berros | 30 sheets, 1897 to 1981 | |
| Wolforts | Las Yeguas Ranch quadrangle | 3.8 miles south-west of Simmler | 22 sheets, 1912 to 1981 |
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.