BlockVanished settlements of Owsley County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 18 places in Owsley County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
18A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spring Neighborhood | Sturgeon quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Travellers Rest | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Brewer Neighborhood | on Beals Fork, Sturgeon quadrangle | 0.7 miles south of Sturgeon | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Chestnut Neighborhood | on Mill Town Branch, Booneville quadrangle | 0.0 miles north of Chestnut Gap | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Couch Fork Neighborhood | on Rockhouse Branch, Mistletoe quadrangle | 0.5 miles north of Mistletoe | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Couch Town Neighborhood | on Rockhouse Branch, Mistletoe quadrangle | 0.1 miles south of Mistletoe | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Elk Lick Neighborhood | near Turkey Knob, Booneville quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of Scoville | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Fish Creek Neighborhood | on Fish Creek, Beattyville quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Stay | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Hall Neighborhood | on Riley Fork, Cowcreek quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Arnett | 12 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Hogg Neighborhood | on Gabbard Branch, Booneville quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Ricetown | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Indian Creek Neighborhood | on Stringtown Branch, Cowcreek quadrangle | 0.1 miles south-east of Ricetown | 12 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Moors Neighborhood | on Crane Creek, Sturgeon quadrangle | 1.8 miles east of Vincent | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Needmore Neighborhood | on Spruce Fork, Sturgeon quadrangle | 0.0 miles south-west of Vincent | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Pleasant Neighborhood | Booneville quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Pebworth | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Rock Spring Neighborhood | Sturgeon quadrangle | 2.4 miles east of Sturgeon | 14 sheets, 1891 to 1977 | |
| Rockhouse Neighborhood | on Rockhouse Branch, Mistletoe quadrangle | 0.4 miles north of Mistletoe | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Shephard Neighborhood | on Niers Branch, Oneida quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-west of Blake | 13 sheets, 1891 to 1979 | |
| Stacey Neighborhood | on Caney Fork, Beattyville quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-east of Stay | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Sugar Camp Neighborhood | on Sugar Camp Creek, Booneville quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-west of Chestnut Gap | 14 sheets, 1891 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.