BlockVanished settlements of Bell County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Bell County, Kentucky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjay Coal Camp | on Caney Creek, Pineville quadrangle | 0.6 miles south of Arjay | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Davis Station | on Davis Branch, Middlesboro South quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Middlesboro | 28 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Glendon Coal Camp | on Caney Creek, Pineville quadrangle | 0.5 miles south of Arjay | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Kettle Island Coal Camp | on Apple Blossom Branch, Balkan quadrangle | 0.5 miles south of Kettle Island | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Nugym | on Cow Branch, Beverly quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Field | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1979 | |
| Rim Camp | on Buffalo Branch, Pineville quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Fourmile | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1977 |
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.