BlockVanished settlements of Adair County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 19 places in Adair County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
19A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird | on Bird Ridge, Breeding quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-west of Sparksville | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1985 | |
| Butler Branch | on Butler Branch, Columbia quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Columbia | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Concord | on Big Branch, Montpelier quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Craycraft | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Cyclone | Cane Valley quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Cane Valley | 12 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Firkin | Breeding quadrangle | 0.5 miles south-east of Estep | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1985 | |
| Gadberry | on Brush Creek, Columbia quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of Fairplay | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Hunter | on Brush Creek, Columbia quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-west of Flatwood | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Longview | on Glens Fork, Columbia quadrangle | 1.7 miles north of Columbia | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Millerfield | on Millerfield Ridge, Dunnville quadrangle | 2.1 miles west of Ella | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Mount Pleasant | Cane Valley quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Absher | 12 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Oak Grove | on Rock Lick Branch, Montpelier quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Craycraft | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Pelham Branch | on Pettys Fork, Columbia quadrangle | 2.1 miles east of Columbia | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Prices Creek | on Moss Branch, East Fork quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Weed | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Rowes Store | near Bird Ridge, Amandaville quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-east of Chance | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1985 | |
| South Columbia | on Brush Creek, Columbia quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Columbia | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Tabor | on Brush Creek, Columbia quadrangle | 3.0 miles north of Columbia | 9 sheets, 1954 to 1986 | |
| Taters Chapel | on Cool Springs Creek, Gradyville quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Portland | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Walnut Grove | near Earl Ridge, Amandaville quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Fairplay | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1985 | |
| Wethington | Clementsville quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Barnett Springs | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 |
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.