BlockVanished settlements of Laclede County, Missouri
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Laclede County, Missouri that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
6A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atchley | Lebanon quadrangle | 4.0 miles north of Dove | 14 sheets, 1941 to 1982 | |
| Gilbertson Ford | near Mill Hollow, Eldridge West quadrangle | 4.1 miles east of Prosperine | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Huben | Phillipsburg quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Caffeyville | 14 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| Smith Ford | near Fishtrap Hollow, Eldridge West quadrangle | 2.8 miles north of Ira | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Sweet Hollow Ford | on Sweet Hollow Creek, Eldridge West quadrangle | 2.7 miles north of Ira | 16 sheets, 1934 to 1982 | |
| Tom Hollow Ford | near Tom Hollow, Eldridge West quadrangle | 1.8 miles north of Ira | 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.