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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 9 places in Marion County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
9A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech | on Beaver Run, Denmark quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-west of Claridon | 13 sheets, 1913 to 1994 | |
| Bethlehem | Prospect quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-east of Lynn | 12 sheets, 1924 to 1992 | |
| Gurley | New Bloomington quadrangle | 0.7 miles north of Espyville | 11 sheets, 1915 to 1986 | |
| Holmesville | on Brown Run, New Bloomington quadrangle | 2.7 miles north-west of La Rue | 11 sheets, 1915 to 1986 | |
| Hords | on Rock Swale, Marion West quadrangle | 1.4 miles north-east of Ruth | 13 sheets, 1903 to 1986 | |
| Logan | Marion East quadrangle | 0.8 miles north of Air View Acres | 12 sheets, 1903 to 1986 | |
| Longville | Marion West quadrangle | 1.8 miles north of Big Island | 13 sheets, 1903 to 1986 | |
| Stringtown | on Mud Run, Caledonia quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of Martel | 12 sheets, 1913 to 1994 | |
| Winnemac | La Rue quadrangle | 0.3 miles north-east of La Rue | 10 sheets, 1915 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.