BlockVanished settlements of McCracken County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 14 places in McCracken County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
14A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Church | Heath quadrangle | 1.5 miles west of Cimota City | 16 sheets, 1928 to 1987 | |
| Black Cat | Symsonia quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-east of Bryans Ford | 11 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Fort Holt | Lovelaceville quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Glissonville | 7 sheets, 1952 to 1986 | |
| Garrett | on Arnold Branch, Symsonia quadrangle | 1.1 miles west of Freemont | 11 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Highland Church | Paducah West quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Lone Oak | 22 sheets, 1926 to 1987 | |
| Jett | Elva quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of Bryans Ford | 12 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Langs | on Crooked Creek, Paducah West quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of Lone Oak | 22 sheets, 1926 to 1987 | |
| Lee | Bandana quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Crawford Lake | 17 sheets, 1928 to 1987 | |
| Milan | Heath quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-west of Glissonville | 16 sheets, 1928 to 1987 | |
| Milburn Chapel | Heath quadrangle | 2.0 miles south of Camelia | 16 sheets, 1928 to 1987 | |
| Palestine | on West Fork Massac Creek, Paducah West quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Chiles | 22 sheets, 1926 to 1987 | |
| Pleasant Grove | on Crooked Creek, Paducah West quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Spring Hill | 22 sheets, 1926 to 1987 | |
| Sunny Slope | Symsonia quadrangle | 0.9 miles east of Krebs | 11 sheets, 1936 to 1986 | |
| Woods | on Bee Branch, Symsonia quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Krebs | 11 sheets, 1936 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.