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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 8 places in Clark County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
8A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funderberg | on West Fork Honey Creek, New Carlisle quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Forgy | 13 sheets, 1904 to 1986 | |
| Hennessey | on Pup Creek, Yellow Springs quadrangle | 0.5 miles west of Tecumseh Estates | 16 sheets, 1904 to 1986 | |
| Melrose | on Mill Creek, Springfield quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-west of Sunnyland | 15 sheets, 1904 to 1986 | |
| Owl Town | on Chapman Creek, Urbana West quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Tremont City | 15 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Oxtoby | New Moorefield quadrangle | 1.5 miles north of Harmony | 14 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Riceville | Springfield quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Southgate | 15 sheets, 1904 to 1986 | |
| Springfield Station | on Buck Creek, Springfield quadrangle | 0.8 miles east of Snyder Terrace | 15 sheets, 1904 to 1986 | |
| Spunky Puddle | Urbana West quadrangle | 0.6 miles south-west of Glen Echo | 15 sheets, 1914 to 1992 |
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.