BlockVanished settlements of Greenville County, South Carolina
The Geographic Names Information System records 12 places in Greenville County, South Carolina that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
12A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings | Taylors quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of King Acres | 11 sheets, 1935 to 1991 | |
| Marydell | on Johnson Creek, Slater quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-west of Lima | 17 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Mayfield | Cleveland quadrangle | 4.0 miles east of Marietta | 15 sheets, 1905 to 1986 | |
| Merrittsville | near Mill Knob, Zirconia quadrangle | 1.8 miles north of Chestnut Springs | 28 sheets, 1907 to 1997 | |
| Mitchell | Tigerville quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Pleasant Hill | 17 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Nursery | on Mountain Creek, Taylors quadrangle | 0.3 miles south of Orchard Acres | 11 sheets, 1935 to 1991 | |
| Paris | near Piney Mountain, Taylors quadrangle | 0.2 miles south-east of Pine Knott Forest | 11 sheets, 1935 to 1991 | |
| Taho | near Pax Mountain, Tigerville quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-east of Lendaw | 17 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Terry | on Beaverdam Creek, Slater quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Terry Creek | 17 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Tyger | on Campbell Creek, Campobello quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-east of Gowensville | 15 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Wildwood Park | near Mill Knob, Zirconia quadrangle | 1.6 miles north of Chestnut Springs | 28 sheets, 1907 to 1997 | |
| Woods | near Butler Hill, Mauldin quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-west of East Highland Estates | 12 sheets, 1935 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.