BlockVanished settlements of Simpson County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 15 places in Simpson County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
15A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | Auburn quadrangle | 3.2 miles south-east of Turnertown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Bethel Grove | Auburn quadrangle | 1.6 miles north-east of Turnertown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Black Jack Road | Franklin quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-west of Franklin | 13 sheets, 1942 to 1985 | |
| Hop Over | Hickory Flat quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Highland | 12 sheets, 1928 to 1985 | |
| Knobs | near Pilot Knob, Auburn quadrangle | 3.6 miles south of Turnertown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Lake Spring | Franklin quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of Flat Rock | 13 sheets, 1942 to 1985 | |
| Locust Grove | on Spring Creek, Auburn quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-west of Middleton | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| New Salem | near Prospect Hill, Auburn quadrangle | 1.2 miles south of Turnertown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Oak Grove | Franklin quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Black Jack | 13 sheets, 1942 to 1985 | |
| Oak Ridge | Woodburn quadrangle | 3.1 miles south of Salmons | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Paradise | on Lick Creek, Woodburn quadrangle | 1.9 miles south of Black Jack | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Prospect Hill | on Prospect Hill, Auburn quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-west of Turnertown | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Round Pond | Hickory Flat quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Hickory Flat | 12 sheets, 1928 to 1985 | |
| Stevenson | on Sinking Creek, Woodburn quadrangle | 3.1 miles south of Salmons | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 | |
| Sylvan | Woodburn quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Salmons | 9 sheets, 1951 to 1985 |
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.