BlockVanished settlements of Laurens County, South Carolina
The Geographic Names Information System records 15 places in Laurens County, South Carolina that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
15A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | on North Rabon Creek, Ware Shoals East quadrangle | 3.3 miles north-west of Hickory Tavern | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1979 | |
| Bryson | Laurens North quadrangle | 1.6 miles north-east of Ora | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1991 | |
| Doubling | Laurens North quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-west of Barksdale | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1991 | |
| Dover | Joanna quadrangle | 1.0 miles east of Neighbors Crossroads | 12 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Edens | Hickory Tavern quadrangle | 3.5 miles north of Green Pond | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1991 | |
| Erie | Ware Shoals West quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Princeton | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1979 | |
| Garlington | on Flannigans Branch, Newberry NW quadrangle | 3.8 miles south-west of Stomp Springs | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Huntington | on Millers Fork, Philson Crossroads quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Philson Crossroads | 13 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Lisbon | Laurens South quadrangle | 2.6 miles west of Cold Point | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1979 | |
| Owens | Ware Shoals East quadrangle | 1.8 miles south-west of Mount Gallagher | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1979 | |
| Powers Shop | Fountain Inn quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-east of Owings | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1991 | |
| Reedy River | on Horse Creek, Hickory Tavern quadrangle | 2.1 miles north-east of Hickory Tavern | 8 sheets, 1954 to 1991 | |
| Simpson | on North Rabon Creek, Laurens South quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-west of Ekom | 13 sheets, 1892 to 1979 | |
| Spring Grove | Cross Hill quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Greenwood | 12 sheets, 1941 to 1986 | |
| Tumbling Shoals | on Horse Creek, Hickory Tavern quadrangle | 2.3 miles north-east of Hickory Tavern | 8 sheets, 1954 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.