BlockVanished settlements of Sonoma County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 18 places in Sonoma County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
18A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltaine | near Nunns Canyon, Kenwood quadrangle | 1.7 miles south of Glen Ellen | 23 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Cherry | near Wiggins Hill, Cotati quadrangle | 1.6 miles north-east of Washoe | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Corona | near Denman Flat, Cotati quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-east of Crown | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Denman | on Lichau Creek, Cotati quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Crown | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Donahue | on Tule Slough, Petaluma River quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Lakeville | 25 sheets, 1914 to 1983 | |
| Ely | near Denman Flat, Cotati quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-east of Crown | 24 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Felice | near Nunns Canyon, Kenwood quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-west of Kenwood | 23 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Greenwood | on Tolay Creek, Sears Point quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Sears Point | 25 sheets, 1902 to 1983 | |
| Harbine | on Atascadero Creek, Camp Meeker quadrangle | 0.4 miles south of Ross | 20 sheets, 1935 to 1995 | |
| Hopyard | on Purrington Creek, Sebastopol quadrangle | 0.4 miles north of Graton | 20 sheets, 1935 to 1983 | |
| Lacresta | on Atascadero Creek, Camp Meeker quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-west of Ross | 20 sheets, 1935 to 1995 | |
| Madrone | on Wilson Creek, Glen Ellen quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Eldridge | 22 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Makahmo | on Big Sulphur Creek, Cloverdale quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Cloverdale | 19 sheets, 1938 to 1981 | |
| McCauley | Sebastopol quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Riccas Corner | 20 sheets, 1935 to 1983 | |
| Rose | on Petaluma River, Petaluma Point quadrangle | 3.2 miles north-east of Sears Point | 28 sheets, 1902 to 1983 | |
| Wildwood | near Nunns Canyon, Kenwood quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-west of Kenwood | 23 sheets, 1916 to 1983 | |
| Williams | on Atascadero Creek, Camp Meeker quadrangle | 0.5 miles south-east of Manzana | 20 sheets, 1935 to 1995 | |
| Yulupa | on Wilson Creek, Glen Ellen quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-west of Eldridge | 22 sheets, 1916 to 1983 |
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.