BlockVanished settlements of Casey County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 23 places in Casey County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
23A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle | on Calhoun Creek, Liberty quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Rubert Ford | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Calvary | near Black Ridge, Yosemite quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-east of Mount Olive | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Caney Fork | near Wilson Ridge, Liberty quadrangle | 3.5 miles east of Beech Bottom | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Carpenter Creek | on Cow Creek, Hustonville quadrangle | 3.7 miles north-west of Ellisburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Dogwood | near Peyton Ridge, Ellisburg quadrangle | 2.6 miles north-west of Peytons Store | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Ferndale | on Mill Creek, Mintonville quadrangle | 1.5 miles north of Argyle | 8 sheets, 1953 to 1982 | |
| Foster | near Tennessee Ridge, Clementsville quadrangle | 1.8 miles south-west of Creston | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 | |
| Frey Creek | near Bark Ridge, Ellisburg quadrangle | 3.6 miles north-west of Ellisburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Knob Lick | near Hamilton Hollow, Eubank quadrangle | 0.7 miles east of Walltown | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Luttrell | on Brock Creek, Phil quadrangle | 2.6 miles south of Honey Acre | 7 sheets, 1953 to 1982 | |
| Martin Creek | near Grape Knob, Ellisburg quadrangle | 2.9 miles north-west of Jacktown | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Neelys Gap | near Turkeyfoot Knob, Ellisburg quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-west of Ellisburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Pine Grove | on McClures Fork, Bradfordsville NE quadrangle | 3.2 miles south of Atterson | 8 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Poplar Springs | near Dry Ridge, Liberty quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of Lawhorn Hill | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Riffe Creek | on Dawson Creek, Dunnville quadrangle | 1.8 miles south-east of Dunnville | 9 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Ruletown | near Maxey Knob, Hustonville quadrangle | 2.6 miles west of Ellisburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Scotts Chapel | near Alien Ridge, Clementsville quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-west of Atterson | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 | |
| Snake Ridge | on Shuck Creek, Ellisburg quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Beech Bottom | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Staffordsville | Eubank quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Duncan | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Stapp | on George Branch, Hustonville quadrangle | 2.9 miles south of Lanhamtown | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Sulphur Run | on McClures Fork, Clementsville quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-east of Atterson | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 | |
| White Oak Ridge | near Woodrum Ridge, Clementsville quadrangle | 2.8 miles west of Atterson | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 | |
| Woodrum Ridge | on Woodrum Ridge, Clementsville quadrangle | 3.8 miles east of Liberty | 10 sheets, 1952 to 1986 |
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.