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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Knox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | on North Branch Kokosing River, Mount Vernon quadrangle | 1.3 miles east of North Mount Vernon | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1966 | |
| Fleaville | on Adams Run, Mount Vernon quadrangle | 0.5 miles south-east of Buckingham Court | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1966 | |
| Front Royal | on Pumpkin Run, Martinsburg quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Bladensburg | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1966 | |
| Hollisters | on Brush Run, Brinkhaven quadrangle | 0.7 miles south-east of Zuck | 12 sheets, 1913 to 1966 | |
| Pleasant Valley | Danville quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Four Corners | 12 sheets, 1912 to 1966 | |
| Umbria | on Flat Run, Brinkhaven quadrangle | 2.9 miles west of Oak Hill | 12 sheets, 1913 to 1966 |
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.