BlockVanished settlements of Franklin County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 13 places in Franklin County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
13A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Gap | on Cedar Run, Frankfort West quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-east of Big Eddy | 16 sheets, 1922 to 1997 | |
| Gibbs Road | Waddy quadrangle | 4.3 miles north-east of Bridgeport | 13 sheets, 1923 to 1986 | |
| Glore | on Brighton Branch, Frankfort West quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Kennebec | 16 sheets, 1922 to 1997 | |
| Gregory | near Indian Gap Hill, Switzer quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Swallowfield | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1986 | |
| Harp | on Marshall Branch, Polsgrove quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-east of Ottusville | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1986 | |
| Hodge | Switzer quadrangle | 2.5 miles south of Elsinore | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1986 | |
| Honeysuckle | on Bark Branch, Frankfort West quadrangle | 1.0 miles north-east of Harvieland | 16 sheets, 1922 to 1997 | |
| Knights | on Rocky Branch, Switzer quadrangle | 2.0 miles north of Peaks Mill | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1986 | |
| Lucas Lane | Switzer quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Switzer | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1986 | |
| Mount Zion | on Dutch Fork, Frankfort West quadrangle | 2.2 miles east of Bryant | 16 sheets, 1922 to 1997 | |
| Roberts | on Taylor Branch, Waddy quadrangle | 2.8 miles east of Bridgeport | 13 sheets, 1923 to 1986 | |
| Scanland Springs Resort | Frankfort West quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-west of Evergreen | 16 sheets, 1922 to 1997 | |
| Shadrick Ferry | on Stony Creek, Polsgrove quadrangle | 1.7 miles west of Harvieland | 13 sheets, 1906 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.