BlockVanished settlements of Sierra County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Sierra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Hill | on American Hill, Alleghany quadrangle | 3.8 miles south-west of Plumbago | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Antelope | Evans Canyon quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-east of Peavine | 25 sheets, 1890 to 2000 | |
| Calvada | near Deep Canyon, Boca quadrangle | 4.3 miles north of Verdi | 35 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Centerville | on North Fork Kanaka Creek, Alleghany quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-east of Minnesota Flat | 33 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Cold Spring | on Miller Creek, Pike quadrangle | 2.7 miles west of Plum Valley | 32 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Deadwood | near Tamarack Flat, Mount Fillmore quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of Poker Flat | 26 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Eureka | on Old Mill Creek, Goodyears Bar quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Maredith Mill | 27 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Grizzly Gulch | near Chalk Ridge, Pike quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Plum Valley | 32 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Indian Hill | near Grant Ravine, Goodyears Bar quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-west of Cal-Ida | 27 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| McMahons | near Sawmill Ravine, Goodyears Bar quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-west of Mount Pleasant | 27 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Middle Waters | near Keystone Mountain, Sierra City quadrangle | 3.0 miles north of Loganville | 26 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Milton | near Bear Valley, Haypress Valley quadrangle | 4.0 miles north-west of Sierra City | 27 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Monte Cristo | on Eureka Creek, Downieville quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-east of Oxford Mill | 28 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Mount Vernon | near Old Galloway Ridge, Downieville quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Downieville | 28 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Tippecanoe | on Gale Creek, Pike quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Plum Valley | 32 sheets, 1891 to 2000 | |
| Unionville | near Smiths Flat, Alleghany quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Alleghany | 33 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.