BlockVanished settlements of Walker County, Georgia
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Walker County, Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnutflat | Catlett quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Catlett | 24 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| Dickey | near Hawkins Ridge, Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-west of Blowing Spring | 28 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| Dillon | Durham quadrangle | 2.5 miles east of Cassandra | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Estelle Station | near Devils Cove, Kensington quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-east of Estelle | 26 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Freetown | near Long Hollow, Nickajack Gap quadrangle | 0.7 miles north of Rock Spring | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Frick Gap | on Back Valley Creek, Durham quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Cassandra | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Furnace | on Furnace Creek, Villanow quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-west of Villanow | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Gerber | on Long Branch, Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle | 0.7 miles east of Chattanooga Valley | 28 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| Greenbush | near Thompson Hollow, Catlett quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Suttles Mill | 24 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| Guild | on Dry Creek, LaFayette quadrangle | 0.6 miles east of Walnut Grove | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Henrys | near Round Top, Durham quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Cooper Heights | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Kendrick | on Mill Creek, Kensington quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of High Point | 26 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Mahan | near Dickson Gulf, Cedar Grove quadrangle | 2.7 miles east of Bronco | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| McCutchen | near Hogjowl Valley, Cedar Grove quadrangle | 3.1 miles north-west of Cedar Grove | 25 sheets, 1886 to 1982 | |
| Salem | Kensington quadrangle | 1.1 miles north of Noble | 26 sheets, 1886 to 1983 | |
| Warrens | on Arnold Branch, Kensington quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of Fairview Heights | 26 sheets, 1886 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.