BlockVanished settlements of Lincoln County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 28 places in Lincoln County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
28A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Maywood | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Buck Creek | on Fenny Branch, Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-east of Ottenheim | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Cedar Creek | near Collier Knob, Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Sugar Grove | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Chapel Gap | Crab Orchard quadrangle | 2.5 miles south of Broughtentown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | on Chestnut Ridge, Woodstock quadrangle | 3.1 miles east of Broughtentown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Colliers Store | near Sportsmans Hill, Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Sugar Grove | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Diamond | on Jacks Branch Caney Creek, Eubank quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-west of Waynesburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Ellison Ridge | on Pilot Creek, Eubank quadrangle | 4.3 miles north-east of Waynesburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Ephesus | Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.9 miles south of Broughtentown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Fall Lick | on Fall Lick, Brodhead quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-west of Crab Orchard | 12 sheets, 1893 to 1982 | |
| Gentontown | on Copper Creek, Brodhead quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Turkeytown | 12 sheets, 1893 to 1982 | |
| Greenbriar | near Kings Knob, Eubank quadrangle | 1.8 miles west of Kings Mountain | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Harris Creek | Junction City quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Milledgeville | 11 sheets, 1905 to 1991 | |
| Holdams Mill | near Millers Knob, Brodhead quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Turkeytown | 12 sheets, 1893 to 1982 | |
| McCormack | near Pleasant Hill, Stanford quadrangle | 2.5 miles south of Turnersville | 13 sheets, 1905 to 1991 | |
| Mount Zenia | on Gilberts Creek, Lancaster quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-west of Logantown | 12 sheets, 1905 to 1991 | |
| Peoples Corner | near Bowling Ridge, Crab Orchard quadrangle | 2.1 miles east of Turkeytown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Pine Grove | Crab Orchard quadrangle | 1.3 miles north-east of Sugar Grove | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Pleasant Point | Halls Gap quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-west of Kings Mountain | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Pond | on Sims Branch, Eubank quadrangle | 1.9 miles east of Waynesburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Snyders | near Muncie Knob, Woodstock quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Broughtentown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Sopers | near Harness Ridge, Woodstock quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Broughtentown | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Thompson Store | on Harness Branch, Brodhead quadrangle | 0.6 miles west of Dog Walk | 12 sheets, 1893 to 1982 | |
| Tunnel City | near Kings Knob, Halls Gap quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Kings Mountain | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Walnut Grove | Eubank quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-west of Waynesburg | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| West Lynn | near Sugarloaf, Stanford quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Rowland | 13 sheets, 1905 to 1991 | |
| White Oak | on Butt Branch, Woodstock quadrangle | 4.2 miles west of Waynesburg | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1982 | |
| Yocum | near Peck Hollow, Halls Gap quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Geneva | 8 sheets, 1952 to 1982 |
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.