BlockVanished settlements of St. Johns County, Florida
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in St. Johns County, Florida that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
6A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | Orangedale quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of Blacks Ford | 18 sheets, 1917 to 1993 | |
| Nombre de Dios | on Hospital Creek, Saint Augustine quadrangle | 0.4 miles south of Saint Augustine | 13 sheets, 1937 to 1981 | |
| Pocotalaco | on Honey Branch, Picolata quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of Meldrim Park | 13 sheets, 1947 to 1991 | |
| San Buenaventura | on Sixteenmile Creek, Spuds quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Byrd | 13 sheets, 1937 to 1981 | |
| San Diego Salamototo | Fleming Island quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-west of Switzerland | 20 sheets, 1917 to 1992 | |
| San Nicolas Tolentino | on Tocoi Creek, Riverdale quadrangle | 0.5 miles north of Lane Landing | 13 sheets, 1947 to 1991 |
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.