BlockVanished settlements of Union County, New Mexico
The Geographic Names Information System records 7 places in Union County, New Mexico that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
7A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrumpa | on Spring Creek, Fiddler Springs quadrangle | 4.7 miles north-east of Guy | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Cuates | Cuates School quadrangle | 6.3 miles west of Guy | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Emery Gap | near Negro Mesa, Emery Peak quadrangle | 10.8 miles south of Folsom | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Garcia | Garcia Creek quadrangle | 5.2 miles south-west of Miera | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Madison | near Emery Peak, Emery Peak quadrangle | 3.5 miles south-west of Folsom | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Tate | Tate School quadrangle | 7.3 miles south-east of Thomas | 7 sheets, 1954 to 1982 | |
| Willow Springs | Fiddler Springs quadrangle | 8.3 miles east of Guy | 8 sheets, 1954 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.