BlockVanished settlements of Powell County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 places in Powell County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
21A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Branch | on Crow Drive Creek, Zachariah quadrangle | 4.2 miles north of Slade | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Black Creek | near White Rock Mountain, Levee quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Virden | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Campton Road | on Pecks Creek, Stanton quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Stanton | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Cat Creek | near Chop Chestnut Ridge, Stanton quadrangle | 2.0 miles north of Rosslyn | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Crow | on Short Creek, Slade quadrangle | 1.8 miles west of Bowen | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Fortner | near Shed Hollow, Slade quadrangle | 3.8 miles south of Slade | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Happy Top | Clay City quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Vaughns Mill | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Hatton Creek | near Kaincaid Mountain, Stanton quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Stanton | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Hemlock Lodge | Stanton quadrangle | 3.5 miles west of Knowlton | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Judy | near Johnson Knob, Means quadrangle | 2.6 miles south of Stanton | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Lone Oak | on Snow Creek, Clay City quadrangle | 2.4 miles east of Powell Valley | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Morris Creek | near Stevens Knob, Means quadrangle | 2.7 miles south of Stanton | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| North Bend | on Hatcher Creek, Stanton quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-west of Stanton | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Old Clay City Road | on Judy Creek, Clay City quadrangle | 1.7 miles south-east of Stanton | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Old Lombard | near DeHart Hollow, Slade quadrangle | 2.3 miles south-east of Slade | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Paint Creek | near Stevens Knob, Levee quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Clay City | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Pecks Creek | near Mill Knob, Stanton quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-east of Rosslyn | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Piggville | on Thorpe Branch, Clay City quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-west of Clay City | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| South Fork | on Stump Cave Branch, Slade quadrangle | 3.1 miles north-east of Slade | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Spaas Creek | on Long Field Branch, Slade quadrangle | 3.5 miles west of Bowen | 12 sheets, 1892 to 1982 | |
| Upper Cane | near West Hollow, Stanton quadrangle | 2.0 miles south of Bowen | 13 sheets, 1892 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.