BlockVanished settlements of Carter County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 places in Carter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | on Leadingham Branch, Willard quadrangle | 0.1 miles west of Beetle | 15 sheets, 1903 to 1982 | |
| Clifty | near Whitley Knob, Bruin quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of Sophi | 9 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Cold Springs | near Blueberry Ridge, Olive Hill quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Olive Hill | 9 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Davy Run | on Gum Branch, Willard quadrangle | 0.1 miles south of Gollihue | 15 sheets, 1903 to 1982 | |
| Globe Community | on Proctor Branch, Ault quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Jacobs | 8 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Lindsey Chapel | near Tinsley Hill, Grayson quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Pactolus | 15 sheets, 1903 to 1982 | |
| Offill's Mill | on Mocabee Creek, Ault quadrangle | 0.5 miles south of Jacobs | 8 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Reeder | on Holland Branch, Olive Hill quadrangle | 0.8 miles north-east of Rose Hill | 9 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Ross | near Hubbard Hollow, Olive Hill quadrangle | 2.5 miles north-east of Mountain Top | 9 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| Silica | on Jacobs Fork, Olive Hill quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Lawton | 9 sheets, 1950 to 1982 | |
| The Cross Roads | near Bald Eagle Hill, Grayson quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Grayson | 15 sheets, 1903 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.