BlockVanished settlements of Caldwell County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 places in Caldwell County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
10A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | near Coleman Ridge, Crider quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-west of Farmersville | 15 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Briarfield | near Morse Hill, Olney quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Farmersville | 15 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Briarfield-Union Grove | on Briarfield Branch, Crider quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Farmersville | 15 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Claxton Crossroads | on Eison Branch, Dawson Springs SW quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-west of Ruth | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Hollinsworth Post Office | on Scott Branch, Princeton West quadrangle | 2.0 miles north of Dulaney | 15 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Lebanon | near Bald Knob, Princeton East quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Walche Cut | 16 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Livingston | by The Bluff, Fredonia quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Fredonia | 18 sheets, 1928 to 1987 | |
| Piney Grove | near Pine Knob, Dawson Springs quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Lakeshore | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Rock Spring | on Goose Creek, Princeton West quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of McGowan | 15 sheets, 1908 to 1983 | |
| Shady Grove | on Land Branch, Dalton quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Baldwin Ford | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 |
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.