BlockVanished settlements of Knox County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 8 places in Knox County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
8A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Grove | on Richland Creek, Barbourville quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Barbourville | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Avis | on Owens Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Artemus | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Brush Creek | on Gregory Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Artemus | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Davis Bend | on Hooker Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Artemus | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| East Jellico | on Owens Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Trosper | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Mocking Bird Branch | on Gregory Branch, Pineville quadrangle | 2.7 miles west of Flat Lick | 18 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Pogue | on Elys Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-west of Flat Lick | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 | |
| Turkey Creek | on Honeycut Branch, Artemus quadrangle | 0.6 miles west of Baughman | 17 sheets, 1886 to 1977 |
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.