BlockVanished settlements of Hopkins County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 20 places in Hopkins County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
20A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | Beech Grove quadrangle | 3.3 miles east of Ashbyburg | 14 sheets, 1908 to 1991 | |
| Concord | Nortonville quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of White Plains | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Dillingham | on Pleasant Run, Nortonville quadrangle | 1.6 miles east of White Plains | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| East Diamond | Madisonville East quadrangle | 2.6 miles west of Madisonville | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Flat Creek | Madisonville East quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Barnsley | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Good Hope | on Browns Creek, Saint Charles quadrangle | 2.7 miles north of Daniel Boone | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Homestead | near Cedar Hill, Nortonville quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Daniel Boone | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Johnson Island | on Weirs Creek, Coiltown quadrangle | 2.9 miles east of Coiltown | 13 sheets, 1907 to 1983 | |
| Liberty | Madisonville East quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-east of Anton | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| McIntosh | Nortonville quadrangle | 3.4 miles north of Nortonville | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| New Salem | Beech Grove quadrangle | 3.3 miles north-east of Ashbyburg | 14 sheets, 1908 to 1991 | |
| Oakley Home | Slaughters quadrangle | 0.2 miles south of Veazey | 14 sheets, 1907 to 1983 | |
| Oakliff Store | Slaughters quadrangle | 2.7 miles south-east of West Hanson | 14 sheets, 1907 to 1983 | |
| Pleasant Hill | on Craborchard Creek, Nortonville quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Nortonville | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Pleasant View | on Pogue Creek, Madisonville West quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Oriole | 14 sheets, 1907 to 1983 | |
| Romney | Nortonville quadrangle | 3.1 miles north-west of Daniel Boone | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Sixseam | near Section House Hill, Dawson Springs quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Murphy Ford | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Stanley | on Grays Branch, Nortonville quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-east of Mount Carmel | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1983 | |
| Union Temple | near Gobblers Knob, Saint Charles quadrangle | 1.8 miles north of Hamby | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1983 | |
| Walnut Grove | on East Fork Hurricane Creek, Dawson Springs quadrangle | 1.9 miles south of Dawson Springs | 13 sheets, 1909 to 1983 |
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.