BlockVanished settlements of Knott County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 17 places in Knott County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
17A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Camp | on Baker Branch, Vest quadrangle | 0.1 miles east of Elmrock | 17 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Big Branch | on Beech Creek, Carrie quadrangle | 1.0 miles east of Bearville | 16 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Breeding Creek | on Hale Branch, Blackey quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Redfox | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Buckhorn | on Cane Branch, Vest quadrangle | 3.5 miles north-east of Decoy | 17 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Carr Fork | on Sassafras Creek, Vicco quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-west of Sassafras | 16 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Clear Fork | on Buzzard Den Branch, Carrie quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Cordia | 16 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Cody | on Defeated Creek, Blackey quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-east of Carr Creek | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Grigsby | near Upper Triplet Hollow, Vest quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Decoy | 17 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Irishmans | on Irishman Creek, Blackey quadrangle | 1.1 miles north of Amburgey | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Lotts Creek | on Coles Fork, Carrie quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Cordia | 16 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Martinsville | on Crager Fork, Kite quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Puncheon | 17 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Middle Carr Creek | on Dead Mare Branch, Blackey quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Bath | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Montgomery | on Sylvester Branch, Carrie quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-west of Tina | 16 sheets, 1891 to 1992 | |
| Porter | on Motts Branch, Wayland quadrangle | 1.0 miles east of Betty | 17 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Rock Fork | on Sycamore Fork, Handshoe quadrangle | 0.5 miles south-west of Bolyn | 17 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Smithsboro | on Little Smith Branch, Blackey quadrangle | 1.5 miles east of Carr Creek | 18 sheets, 1890 to 1992 | |
| Sylvester | near Trace Mountain, Kite quadrangle | 1.4 miles south-east of Drew | 17 sheets, 1890 to 1992 |
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.