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Vanished settlements of Mercer County, Kentucky

The Geographic Names Information System records 25 places in Mercer County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

25

A 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 PlaceWhere it stood Nearest place today Mapped
BattlePerryville quadrangle2.7 miles south-west of Dixville11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Bellevueon Spring Branch, Bryantsville quadrangle2.4 miles north-west of Burgin13 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Bruners ChapelPerryville quadrangle2.9 miles south of Dixville11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Cane HurstHarrodsburg quadrangle1.9 miles north of Braxton14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Cummins FerrySalvisa quadrangle1.9 miles west of Ebenezer12 sheets, 1905 to 1991
CurryHarrodsburg quadrangle0.7 miles north of Jackson14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
DunnloraHarrodsburg quadrangle0.5 miles north of McAfee14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
EdgewoodBryantsville quadrangle1.8 miles north-west of Burgin13 sheets, 1905 to 1991
FairviewHarrodsburg quadrangle2.2 miles north-east of Shakertown14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Grapevineon Grapevine Creek, Cornishville quadrangle1.0 miles north of Duncan11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Hickory GroveMcBrayer quadrangle2.5 miles east of Kirkwood11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
HilltopMackville quadrangle2.1 miles north of Bushtown7 sheets, 1953 to 1981
Laurel Hillon Laurel Hill, Perryville quadrangle1.6 miles south-west of Nevada11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Libertyon Deep Creek, Cornishville quadrangle1.2 miles west of Bushtown11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
LuctoMcBrayer quadrangle1.5 miles south of Kirkwood11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
LuctonMcBrayer quadrangle2.3 miles south of Kirkwood11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
LynnwoodDanville quadrangle2.5 miles north of Burgin14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Maple LawnHarrodsburg quadrangle2.7 miles north-east of Shakertown14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Maplewoodon Spring Branch, Bryantsville quadrangle2.0 miles north-west of Burgin13 sheets, 1905 to 1991
McGary StationHarrodsburg quadrangle2.2 miles south of Stringtown14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
OaklandCornishville quadrangle2.1 miles east of Riverview Estates11 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Perryville Tollgateon Dry Branch, Danville quadrangle2.9 miles west of Nevada14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Shawnee RunHarrodsburg quadrangle1.1 miles east of Shakertown14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Wilson Stationon Dry Branch, Danville quadrangle2.0 miles north of Riverview Estates14 sheets, 1905 to 1991
Woodlawnon Shawnee Run, Harrodsburg quadrangle1.9 miles north-west of Braxton14 sheets, 1905 to 1991

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.