BlockVanished settlements of Dallas County, Missouri
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 places in Dallas County, Missouri that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
10A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Ford | by Callison Bluff, Leadmine quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Celt | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Dallion Ford | on Jerktail Branch, Windyville quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Tilden | 14 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| Gaunt Ford | on Dousinbury Creek, Long Lane quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Wall Street | 14 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| Hackler Ford | on Benton Branch, Windyville quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-east of Tilden | 14 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| Hico | on Jones Branch, Charity quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-west of Spring Grove | 17 sheets, 1884 to 1984 | |
| Limekiln Ford | on Jones Branch, Long Lane quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-west of Thorpe | 14 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| McPheters Ford | near Halsey Hollow, Eldridge West quadrangle | 1.9 miles south of Corkery | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Miller Ford | on Mill Creek, Macks Creek quadrangle | 0.7 miles west of Celt | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Ralphwhite Ford | by Osborn Bluff, Eldridge West quadrangle | 2.6 miles south of Corkery | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Turner Ford | by Turner Bluff, Eldridge West quadrangle | 2.3 miles north-west of Herrick Ford | 16 sheets, 1934 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.