BlockVanished settlements of Santa Clara County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 12 places in Santa Clara County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
12A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betabel | on Sargent Creek, Chittenden quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-east of Sargent | 29 sheets, 1915 to 1983 | |
| Chinatown | on Los Gatos Creek, San Jose West quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-west of San Jose | 28 sheets, 1889 to 1978 | |
| Greystone | on Arroyo Calero, Santa Teresa Hills quadrangle | 2.3 miles north-west of Alamitos | 22 sheets, 1916 to 1978 | |
| Guadalupe | on Pheasant Creek, Los Gatos quadrangle | 3.4 miles north-west of Cambrian Park | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1978 | |
| Heinlenville | on Miguelita Creek, San Jose West quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of College Park | 28 sheets, 1889 to 1978 | |
| Lexington | on Black Creek, Los Gatos quadrangle | 2.2 miles north of Los Gatos | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1978 | |
| Madrone Soda Springs | near Sycamore Canyon, Mount Sizer quadrangle | 7.7 miles south-west of San Martin | 21 sheets, 1917 to 1978 | |
| Nema | on Uvas Creek, Chittenden quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-east of Miller | 29 sheets, 1915 to 1983 | |
| Plantel | on Uvas Creek, Chittenden quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-west of Miller | 29 sheets, 1915 to 1983 | |
| Pomar | near Alvirez Field, Santa Teresa Hills quadrangle | 2.7 miles south-east of Coyote | 22 sheets, 1916 to 1978 | |
| Sawyers Crossing | on Llagas Creek, Chittenden quadrangle | 1.3 miles west of Miller | 29 sheets, 1915 to 1983 | |
| Tennant | near Nob Hill, Mount Madonna quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Morgan Hill | 23 sheets, 1917 to 1996 |
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.