BlockVanished settlements of Christian County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 23 places in Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | on Whitehorn Creek, Dawson Springs SE quadrangle | 3.7 miles east of Empire | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Antioch | Kelly quadrangle | 2.0 miles north of Dogwood | 9 sheets, 1952 to 1993 | |
| Belleview | Church Hill quadrangle | 1.7 miles east of Merrittstown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1980 | |
| Castleberry | on Morgan Creek, Dawson Springs SE quadrangle | 3.4 miles east of Empire | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Cox Mill | Church Hill quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Church Hill | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1980 | |
| Douglas | Herndon quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-west of Howel | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1980 | |
| Dukes Store | on Buck Fork Pond River, Haleys Mill quadrangle | 4.0 miles west of Haleys Mill | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| East Macedonia | on East Branch Pond River, Crofton quadrangle | 3.4 miles west of Crofton | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Edwards Mill | Hopkinsville quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-west of Casky | 8 sheets, 1951 to 1980 | |
| Flat Lick | Roaring Spring quadrangle | 2.7 miles north of Binns Mill | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1980 | |
| Grapevine | Crofton quadrangle | 3.0 miles west of Empire | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Greshem Chapel | near Ball Knob, Haleys Mill quadrangle | 2.5 miles north-west of Apex | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Hickory With | on Middle Branch Pond River, Crofton quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-east of Fruit Hill | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Laytonsville | near Pine Knob, Honey Grove quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Pleasant Hill | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1980 | |
| Mitchell | on Wallace Fork, Dawson Springs SW quadrangle | 2.9 miles east of Bainbridge | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Number Five | Graham quadrangle | 3.2 miles south of Apex | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Old Empire | Crofton quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Mannington | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Orange Grove | near Red Hill, Crofton quadrangle | 2.5 miles south-east of Apex | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Palestine | Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle | 2.2 miles north of Era | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1980 | |
| Perry | Honey Grove quadrangle | 1.7 miles north of Pleasant Hill | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1980 | |
| Rockbridge | on Coal Creek, Haleys Mill quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-west of Apex | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Thomas Store | on Middle Branch Pond River, Crofton quadrangle | 2.9 miles south-west of Cavanaugh | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| West Union | on Buck Creek, Honey Grove quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Ovil | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1980 |
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.