BlockVanished settlements of Butler County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 22 places in Butler County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
22A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Ridge | on Bryant Ridge, Welchs Creek quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-west of Tilford | 11 sheets, 1925 to 1981 | |
| Carved Rock | Morgantown quadrangle | 1.3 miles west of Leetown | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Centhro | near Gary Ridge, Welchs Creek quadrangle | 0.2 miles south-east of Whittinghill | 11 sheets, 1925 to 1981 | |
| Cools Spring | Morgantown quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Woodbury | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Flat Rock | near Ragland Hill, Sugar Grove quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Davis Crossroads | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Forgytown | on Biggerstaff Creek, Dunmor quadrangle | 0.4 miles east of Harper Crossroads | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Greenwood | on Gabbard Branch, Riverside quadrangle | 1.7 miles north of Horsemill | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Hickory Stand | South Hill quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-east of Leetown | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Hope | near Reed Hill, South Hill quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-west of Pleasant Hill | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Long Branch | near Possum Hollow, Morgantown quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Monford | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Martins Store | near Lettered Rock Ridge, Riverside quadrangle | 2.6 miles east of Horsemill | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| McCoytown | on Grassy Lick Creek, South Hill quadrangle | 1.8 miles east of Leetown | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| McPhersons | Rochester quadrangle | 2.5 miles south of Harper Crossroads | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Millshed | on Little Reedy Creek, Riverside quadrangle | 2.6 miles north of Horsemill | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Mooretown | on Welch Creek, Morgantown quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Morgantown | 14 sheets, 1914 to 1981 | |
| Mount Zion | Quality quadrangle | 1.7 miles south-west of Harper Crossroads | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Naker | Reedyville quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-west of Reedyville | 14 sheets, 1922 to 1981 | |
| Rock Springs | on Biggerstaff Creek, Dunmor quadrangle | 0.5 miles south of Harreldsville | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Stringtown | on Grassy Lick Creek, South Hill quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-west of South Hill | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Taylors Chapel | on Hurricane Slough, Cromwell quadrangle | 3.1 miles south-east of Logansport | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1981 | |
| Townsville | on Big Branch, Quality quadrangle | 2.1 miles south of Boston | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 | |
| Toy Spring | on Duncan Creek, Quality quadrangle | 2.1 miles west of Quality | 11 sheets, 1911 to 1981 |
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.