BlockVanished settlements of Cherokee County, South Carolina
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 places in Cherokee County, South Carolina that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
10A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etta | on Gilkey Creek, Hickory Grove quadrangle | 3.7 miles south-west of Saratt | 16 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Ezell | Chesnee quadrangle | 2.8 miles north of State Line | 15 sheets, 1953 to 1993 | |
| Gaston Shoals | on Mikes Creek, Blacksburg North quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Buffalo | 16 sheets, 1909 to 1991 | |
| Goforth Cross Road | on Sarratt Creek, Boiling Springs South quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Grassy Pond | 18 sheets, 1909 to 1991 | |
| Gowdeysville | on Mill Creek, Wilkinsville quadrangle | 1.9 miles south-east of Saratt | 14 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Grindall | Pacolet Mills quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Asbury | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Hancockville | Pacolet Mills quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Asbury | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Lawn | near Draytonville Mountain, Blacksburg South quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of Draytonville | 15 sheets, 1909 to 1991 | |
| Mercer | on Wolf Branch, Blacksburg South quadrangle | 3.1 miles south-east of Abingdon | 15 sheets, 1909 to 1991 | |
| Wilburn | on Jumping Branch, Kings Creek quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-east of Kings Creek | 20 sheets, 1906 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.