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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Clermont County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
6A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood | on Happy Hollow, Madeira quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of South Milford | 19 sheets, 1898 to 1996 | |
| Elk Lick | on Slabcamp Run, Batavia quadrangle | 0.1 miles south-east of Elk Lick | 19 sheets, 1914 to 1996 | |
| Fair Oak | Laurel quadrangle | 0.7 miles north-west of Wiltsee | 12 sheets, 1931 to 1986 | |
| Gernon | on Stonelick Creek, Batavia quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Stonelick | 19 sheets, 1914 to 1996 | |
| Home | on Ninemile Creek, Withamsville quadrangle | 1.3 miles south-east of New Palestine | 21 sheets, 1898 to 1996 | |
| Spann | Withamsville quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-west of Locust Corner | 21 sheets, 1898 to 1996 |
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.