BlockVanished settlements of Bath County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 24 places in Bath County, Kentucky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle | on Bald Eagle Creek, Owingsville quadrangle | 1.7 miles south-east of Reynoldsville | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Black Sulpher Spring | on Chalybeate Branch, Olympia quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-west of Olympia Springs | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Chestnut Grove | Preston quadrangle | 3.9 miles north-east of Preston | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| East Fork | Owingsville quadrangle | 2.6 miles north-east of Pebble | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Fairview | Sharpsburg quadrangle | 2.9 miles north of Sharpsburg | 6 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Harpers | on Burbridge Branch, Owingsville quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Owingsville | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Jackson Schoolhouse | on Mill Creek, Olympia quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-east of Olympia | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Kendall Springs | on Salt Well Creek, Preston quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-west of Kendall Springs | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Little Slate Creek | on Salt Well Branch, Olympia quadrangle | 4.7 miles north of Preston | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Lower Salt Lick | on Martins Branch, Salt Lick quadrangle | 1.5 miles north of Salt Lick | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Mill Creek | on Richardson Branch, Olympia quadrangle | 3.9 miles north-east of Olympia Springs | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Ore Mines | on Little Rose Run, Colfax quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Peasticks | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Peeble | on Forge Creek, Sherburne quadrangle | 0.0 miles south of Pebble | 6 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Pine Grove | on Deer Lick Branch, Olympia quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Olympia Springs | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Pittsburgh | on Cow Creek, Owingsville quadrangle | 0.4 miles north-east of White Oak | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Red Bush | on Claver Branch, Colfax quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-west of Peasticks | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Salt Well | on South Fork Salt Well Creek, Preston quadrangle | 2.5 miles south-east of Kendall Springs | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Shrout | on Little Rose Run, Colfax quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of Polksville | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| South Sherburne | on Flat Creek, Sherburne quadrangle | 2.7 miles east of Pebble | 6 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Suddith | on Clark Fork, Olympia quadrangle | 2.6 miles north-east of Clear Creek Furnace | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Upper Prickly Ash | on Burbridge Branch, Owingsville quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-west of Reynoldsville | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Upper Salt Lick | on Carrington Branch, Olympia quadrangle | 2.2 miles east of Clear Creek Furnace | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Whickliffe Forge | on Naylor Creek, Colfax quadrangle | 0.1 miles south of Slate Valley | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| White Sulpher | on White Sulphur Branch, Salt Lick quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Clear Creek Furnace | 10 sheets, 1929 to 1982 |
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.