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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Hocking County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
16A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | Clearport quadrangle | 1.8 miles west of Buena Vista | 13 sheets, 1907 to 1984 | |
| Cedar Falls | on Hoy Hollow, South Bloomingville quadrangle | 1.5 miles north-west of Cedar Grove | 15 sheets, 1910 to 2002 | |
| Consol | on Brush Fork, New Straitsville quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-west of New Pittsburg | 15 sheets, 1911 to 2002 | |
| Joe | Bremen quadrangle | 3.7 miles west of Hide-A-Way Hills | 13 sheets, 1907 to 1992 | |
| Kachelmacher | on Kitchen Run, Gore quadrangle | 0.4 miles north of Greendale | 14 sheets, 1907 to 2002 | |
| Lost Run | on Lost Run, New Straitsville quadrangle | 2.5 miles west of Greendale | 15 sheets, 1911 to 2002 | |
| Max | Bremen quadrangle | 3.6 miles south-east of Webb Summit | 13 sheets, 1907 to 1992 | |
| Nancy | Laurelville quadrangle | 2.7 miles west of Apple | 15 sheets, 1910 to 1992 | |
| Pine Grove | Rockbridge quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-east of Rockbridge | 13 sheets, 1907 to 1992 | |
| Point Pleasant | on Hoy Hollow, South Bloomingville quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Cedar Grove | 15 sheets, 1910 to 2002 | |
| Pursell | on Spruce Run, South Bloomingville quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of South Bloomingville | 15 sheets, 1910 to 2002 | |
| Reeds | on Blue Creek, Laurelville quadrangle | 2.4 miles north-west of Haynes | 15 sheets, 1910 to 1992 | |
| Rockhouse | on Barringer Ridge, South Bloomingville quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Mound Crossing | 15 sheets, 1910 to 2002 | |
| Smock | New Plymouth quadrangle | 2.8 miles north-east of Ilesboro | 15 sheets, 1904 to 2002 | |
| Summit | on Tick Ridge, Union Furnace quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of Starr | 16 sheets, 1904 to 2002 | |
| Winona | on Temperance Hollow, Gore quadrangle | 1.3 miles west of Webb Summit | 14 sheets, 1907 to 2002 |
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.