BlockVanished settlements of Shasta County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 27 places in Shasta County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
27A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baird | on Marble Creek, O'Brien quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-west of Holiday Harbor Resort | 28 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Bayha | on Bontabile Creek, City of Shasta Lake quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-west of Tunnel Inn | 30 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Calkins | on Woodman Creek, Bella Vista quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-west of Bella Vista | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Central Valley | on Nelson Creek, City of Shasta Lake quadrangle | 0.0 miles east of Shasta Lake | 30 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Churntown | on Little Churn Creek, Shasta Dam quadrangle | 1.3 miles north-east of Government Camp | 31 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Ellis | near Townsend Gulch, Clough Gulch quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-east of Wagoner | 25 sheets, 1890 to 1985 | |
| Elmore | on Elmore Creek, Bohemotash Mountain quadrangle | 3.3 miles north of Sugarloaf | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Fitzpatrick | near Woodman Hill, Bella Vista quadrangle | 3.8 miles east of Ingot | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Furnaceville | Oak Run quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-west of Ingot | 26 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Hart | near Riley Gulch, Shasta Dam quadrangle | 1.1 miles west of Matheson | 31 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Henryford | near Tabournel Gulch, Palo Cedro quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Millville | 26 sheets, 1890 to 1984 | |
| Hogtown | on Rock Creek, Redding quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Kett | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1984 | |
| Houston | on East Valley Creek, City of Shasta Lake quadrangle | 2.9 miles west of Pine Grove | 30 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Kelly | near Timber Canyon, Goose Gap quadrangle | 7.2 miles west of Point McCloud | 26 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Kennett | on Big Backbone Creek Inlet, Shasta Dam quadrangle | 2.8 miles south-west of Coram | 31 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Lillienthal | on Deep Hole Creek, City of Shasta Lake quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-west of Mountain Gate | 30 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Mabel | on Alder Creek, Bohemotash Mountain quadrangle | 3.2 miles east of O'Brien | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Middletown | near 17 Hill, Redding quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Centerville | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1984 | |
| Morley | near Slaughterhouse Island, Bohemotash Mountain quadrangle | 3.8 miles north-east of O'Brien | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Oak Bottom | near New York Gulch, Whiskeytown quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-east of Whiskeytown | 26 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Project City | on Rancheria Creek, City of Shasta Lake quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Shasta Lake | 30 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Rinckel | on Panther Creek, Lake McCloud quadrangle | 11.5 miles west of Castle Crag | 31 sheets, 1886 to 1998 | |
| Summit City | near Rich Gulch, Shasta Dam quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-east of Government Camp | 31 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Waugh | on Salt Creek, Redding quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-west of Kett | 29 sheets, 1890 to 1984 | |
| Whitehouse | on Flat Creek, Shasta Dam quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Matheson | 31 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Winthrop | on Town Creek, Minnesota Mountain quadrangle | 0.3 miles north of Bully Hill | 27 sheets, 1890 to 1998 | |
| Ydaloom | near Baxters Gulch, Minnesota Mountain quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Bully Hill | 27 sheets, 1890 to 1998 |
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.