BlockVanished settlements of Morgan County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 26 places in Morgan County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
26A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Wallow | on Spring Branch, West Liberty quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Woodsbend | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Caskey Fork | on Bear Branch, Hazel Green quadrangle | 0.5 miles east of Rexville | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Caskey Settement | on Cow Branch, Lenox quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-east of Lenox | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Coffee Creek | on Stingy Fork, Dingus quadrangle | 1.0 miles east of Silverhill | 16 sheets, 1889 to 1992 | |
| Ditney School | near Ditney Ridge, Wrigley quadrangle | 1.4 miles south of Blaze | 11 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Fannin | on Painter Branch, West Liberty quadrangle | 0.8 miles south of Dehart | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Head of Stacy Fork | near Testerman Knob, Cannel City quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Payton | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Hickory Grove | on Mine Branch, Bangor quadrangle | 4.1 miles south-east of Zag | 11 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Jericho | on Meetinghouse Branch, Ezel quadrangle | 0.4 miles north-west of Ezel | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Jones Creek | on Jones Creek, Lenox quadrangle | 1.1 miles west of Gordon Ford | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Lost Creek | on Turpentine Branch, Dingus quadrangle | 1.6 miles north of Ophir | 16 sheets, 1889 to 1992 | |
| Lower Sandlick | on Long Branch, Dingus quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Ophir | 16 sheets, 1889 to 1992 | |
| Middle Fork | on Horse Mill Branch, Dingus quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-east of Jeptha | 16 sheets, 1889 to 1992 | |
| Neal Valley | near Wells Hill, West Liberty quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of West Liberty | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Oak Hill | on Elam Branch, Wrigley quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of Blairs Mills | 11 sheets, 1929 to 1982 | |
| Perry Bend | on Shoals Branch, West Liberty quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-east of Dehart | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Right Fork | on Halsey Branch, Cannel City quadrangle | 0.6 miles east of Nickell | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Road Fork | on Conley Branch, Cannel City quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-west of Adele | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Rockhouse | on Sebastian Branch, White Oak quadrangle | 0.7 miles west of Matthew | 12 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Rush Branch | on Rush Branch, Lenox quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Lenox | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Straight Creek | on Straight Creek, West Liberty quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Woodsbend | 14 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Tarkiln | on Tarkiln Branch, White Oak quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of Matthew | 12 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Upper Sandlick | on Long Branch, Dingus quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-east of Ophir | 16 sheets, 1889 to 1992 | |
| Upper White Oak Creek | on Vance Fork, White Oak quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of White Oak | 12 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Vance Fork | on Vance Fork, White Oak quadrangle | 1.6 miles south of Holliday | 12 sheets, 1889 to 1982 | |
| Wheelrim Fork | on Knatty Branch, Lee City quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Wheel Rim | 11 sheets, 1889 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.