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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 8 places in Defiance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwood | Defiance West quadrangle | 3.6 miles north-west of The Bend | 12 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Cicero | Mark Center quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Six Corners | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Clarksville | Butler East quadrangle | 4.8 miles south of Logan | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Domerville | Ridgeville Corners quadrangle | 3.2 miles east of Adams Ridge | 12 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Glenburg | Evansport quadrangle | 3.3 miles east of Evansport | 11 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Lawtonville | on Willow Run, Hicksville quadrangle | 2.2 miles south-east of Logan | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Midway | Defiance East quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-west of Independence | 12 sheets, 1907 to 1986 | |
| Wilseyville | Mark Center quadrangle | 2.7 miles south-west of Six Corners | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1986 |
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.