BlockVanished settlements of Richardson County, Nebraska
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Richardson County, Nebraska 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arago | Corning quadrangle | 7.0 miles north-west of Barada | 14 sheets, 1920 to 1986 | |
| Archer | on Halfbreed Creek, Falls City quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-west of Falls City | 12 sheets, 1915 to 1986 | |
| Athens | Humboldt SW quadrangle | 6.2 miles east of Nim City | 12 sheets, 1916 to 1986 | |
| Nohart | on Roys Creek, Big Lake quadrangle | 4.2 miles north-west of Rulo | 13 sheets, 1920 to 1986 | |
| Williamsville | Barada quadrangle | 2.9 miles north-west of Barada | 12 sheets, 1915 to 1986 | |
| Yancton | on Winnebago Creek, Rulo quadrangle | 1.8 miles south of Rulo | 13 sheets, 1920 to 1986 |
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.