BlockVanished settlements of Boyd County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 places in Boyd County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
11A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sandy | on Brooks Creek, Boltsfork quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Boltsfork | 21 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Chadwick Creek | on Lower Chadwick Creek, Ashland quadrangle | 3.1 miles west of Cannonsburg | 22 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Cliffside | near Gartrell Hill, Catlettsburg quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of Normal | 23 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Cloverdale | on Jack Fork, Boltsfork quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-west of Garner | 21 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Durbin-Burnaugh | on Prichard Branch, Burnaugh quadrangle | 0.0 miles north-east of Burnaugh | 23 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Geigers Crossing | on Clyffeside Branch, Ashland quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Ashland | 22 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Little Garner | on Little Garner Creek, Ashland quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Summit | 22 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Oakland Addition | on Paddle Creek, Catlettsburg quadrangle | 0.6 miles north of Catlettsburg | 23 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Riggs Tract | on Ice Dam Creek, Catlettsburg quadrangle | 0.1 miles north of Catlettsburg | 23 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Trace | on Right Fork Trace Creek, Boltsfork quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-east of Mavity | 21 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Whites Creek | on Savage Branch, Burnaugh quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Savage Branch | 23 sheets, 1901 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.