BlockVanished settlements of Marion County, Oregon
The Geographic Names Information System records 13 places in Marion County, Oregon that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
13A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ale | Stayton quadrangle | 0.7 miles west of West Stayton | 16 sheets, 1925 to 1991 | |
| Belle Passi | Silverton quadrangle | 1.4 miles north of Woodburn | 16 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Clymer | Stayton NE quadrangle | 3.9 miles south-west of Shaw | 16 sheets, 1925 to 1991 | |
| Dencer | near Jory Hill, Sidney quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-east of Liberty | 17 sheets, 1915 to 1980 | |
| Dominic | on Bochsler Creek, Silverton quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-east of Monitor | 16 sheets, 1923 to 1982 | |
| Highland Station | near McLain Island, Salem West quadrangle | 1.1 miles south of Salem | 20 sheets, 1915 to 1980 | |
| Hullt | on South Fork Silver Creek, Drake Crossing quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Drake Crossing | 13 sheets, 1951 to 1991 | |
| Jawbone Flats | on Opal Creek, Battle Ax quadrangle | 7.5 miles west of Elkhorn | 18 sheets, 1929 to 1994 | |
| Lachmund | Salem East quadrangle | 0.9 miles east of Fruitland | 18 sheets, 1925 to 1991 | |
| Noble | Scotts Mills quadrangle | 3.1 miles north-west of Scotts Mills | 15 sheets, 1939 to 1982 | |
| Salem Station | on Clark Creek, Salem West quadrangle | 0.4 miles north-east of Salem | 20 sheets, 1915 to 1980 | |
| Santiam City | Albany quadrangle | 1.6 miles south-east of Jefferson | 19 sheets, 1912 to 1980 | |
| Willard | Stayton NE quadrangle | 3.9 miles west of Pratum | 16 sheets, 1925 to 1991 |
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.