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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 8 places in Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherryville | on Markin Fork, Kitts Hill quadrangle | 1.6 miles west of Five Forks | 13 sheets, 1898 to 2002 | |
| Dean | on Peter Cave Hollow, Pedro quadrangle | 0.8 miles south-west of Bartles | 13 sheets, 1898 to 2002 | |
| Ida | Aid quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of Dobbston | 15 sheets, 1906 to 2002 | |
| Johns Creek | on Slab Fork Johns Creek, Sherritts quadrangle | 3.0 miles north-east of Sherritts | 12 sheets, 1898 to 2002 | |
| Manker | on DeLoss Creek, Kitts Hill quadrangle | 1.2 miles south of Bald Knob | 13 sheets, 1898 to 2002 | |
| Montreal | Catlettsburg quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Sulphur Springs | 23 sheets, 1901 to 1982 | |
| Moulton | on Greenville Hollow, Pedro quadrangle | 0.8 miles south-west of Vernon | 13 sheets, 1898 to 2002 | |
| Vesuvius | on Toad Hollow, Ironton quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Royersville | 17 sheets, 1898 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.