BlockVanished settlements of Lumpkin County, Georgia
The Geographic Names Information System records 14 places in Lumpkin County, Georgia that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
14A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | on Long Branch, Murrayville quadrangle | 4.3 miles north-east of Garland | 15 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Etowah | on Camp Creek, Dawsonville quadrangle | 1.5 miles east of Auraria | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1997 | |
| Gates | on Mill Creek, Neel Gap quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Turners Corner | 24 sheets, 1886 to 1988 | |
| Grace | near Mincle Mountain, Cleveland quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Garland | 19 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Halfway | Murrayville quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Garland | 15 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Hedwig | on Hurricane Creek, Campbell Mountain quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-east of Buckhorn Tavern | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1981 | |
| Jay | on Mud Creek, Campbell Mountain quadrangle | 3.3 miles south-east of Buckhorn Tavern | 21 sheets, 1888 to 1981 | |
| New Bridge | on Cane Branch, Murrayville quadrangle | 4.2 miles north-west of Auraria | 15 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Stay | on Left Fork Cavenders Creek, Dahlonega quadrangle | 3.2 miles south of Garland | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Tube | Dahlonega quadrangle | 2.5 miles west of Cane Creek | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Walnut | on Dicks Creek, Neel Gap quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-east of Turners Corner | 24 sheets, 1886 to 1988 | |
| Wier | on Poverty Creek, Nimblewill quadrangle | 3.1 miles north-east of Nimblewill | 20 sheets, 1888 to 1997 | |
| Wild | on Left Fork Cavenders Creek, Dahlonega quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-east of Garland | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1981 | |
| Willow | on Pruitt Creek, Neel Gap quadrangle | 2.3 miles north of Turners Corner | 24 sheets, 1886 to 1988 |
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.