BlockVanished settlements of New York County, New York
The Geographic Names Information System records 5 places in New York County, New York that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
5A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmansville | by Coogan's Bluff, Central Park quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-east of Sugar Hill | 42 sheets, 1891 to 1995 | |
| Harsenville | near Great Lawn, Central Park quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Upper West Side | 42 sheets, 1891 to 1995 | |
| Konaande Kongh | near Manhattan, Central Park quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-west of Carnegie Hill | 42 sheets, 1891 to 1995 | |
| Rhinelander Gardens | on Minetta Brook (historical), Brooklyn quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Flatiron District | 37 sheets, 1889 to 1995 | |
| Seneca Village | near Great Lawn, Central Park quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-west of Manhattan | 42 sheets, 1891 to 1995 |
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.