BlockVanished settlements of Tulare County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 24 places in Tulare County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
24A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfac | Tipton quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Quail | 20 sheets, 1925 to 1993 | |
| Alta Vista | Success Dam quadrangle | 0.7 miles west of East Porterville | 27 sheets, 1904 to 1978 | |
| Burling | Tulare quadrangle | 1.7 miles north of Tulare | 22 sheets, 1925 to 1993 | |
| Giant Oak | Exeter quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-west of East Farmersville | 20 sheets, 1926 to 1993 | |
| Grey Rocks | Rocky Hill quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-west of List | 23 sheets, 1925 to 1993 | |
| Hawkins | near Todds Hill, Lindsay quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Fayette | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Hope | Porterville quadrangle | 0.3 miles south of Lois | 23 sheets, 1929 to 1993 | |
| Lempon | Fountain Springs quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Deer Creek Colony | 27 sheets, 1936 to 1978 | |
| Monache | Porterville quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-east of Westfield | 23 sheets, 1929 to 1993 | |
| Musk | on Yokohl Creek, Exeter quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Lort | 20 sheets, 1926 to 1993 | |
| Orlem | near Chrysoprase Hill, Lindsay quadrangle | 0.9 miles west of Sierra Heights | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Pleasant Grove | Woodville quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Vincent | 22 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Portex | near Frazier Valley, Lindsay quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Abilene | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Prewit | near Frazier Valley, Lindsay quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Mirador | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Primero | Orange Cove South quadrangle | 4.0 miles south of Orosi | 22 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Reynolds | near Todds Hill, Lindsay quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Lucca | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Sandspur | near Steve Barton Point, Woodlake quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-east of Citro | 19 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Sides | Rocky Hill quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Tonyville | 23 sheets, 1925 to 1993 | |
| Smyrna | Orange Cove South quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-west of Dinuba | 22 sheets, 1922 to 1982 | |
| Spa | Alpaugh quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-east of Stoil | 22 sheets, 1929 to 1993 | |
| Tiffin | Lindsay quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-east of El Mirador | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| Turnbull | on Deep Creek, Corcoran quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-east of Blanco | 19 sheets, 1928 to 1993 | |
| West Alpaugh | Hacienda Ranch NE quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of Alpaugh | 24 sheets, 1914 to 1993 | |
| Worthing | near Chrysoprase Hill, Lindsay quadrangle | 0.3 miles south-east of Stout | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1993 |
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.