BlockVanished settlements of Clay County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 places in Clay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Bend | on Pruitt Branch, Oneida quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Trixie | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Collins Station | on Whites Branch, Hima quadrangle | 0.2 miles north of Cottongim | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Flatwoods | on Little Goose Creek, Manchester quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Manchester | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Gray Fork | on Grays Fork, Manchester quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Urban | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Lebanon | on Cave Branch, Portersburg quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-west of Portersburg | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Mouth of Hector | on Hector Branch, Big Creek quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Eriline | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Mouth of Little Sextons Creek | on Little Sexton Creek, Maulden quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Alger | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Murry | on Blackie Branch, Manchester quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-west of Fogertown | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Park Valley | on Ayers Branch, Hima quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Cottongim | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Pleasant Valley | on Sandlin Branch, Manchester quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-west of Sidell | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Upper Horse Creek | on Tuttle Branch, Hima quadrangle | 3.2 miles east of Cottongim | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 |
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.