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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Paulding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena | on Big Run, Antwerp quadrangle | 2.7 miles east of Paulding | 12 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Etties-Burg | on Prairie Creek, Continental quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Oakwood | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Follmer | on Cunningham Creek, Latty quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Haviland | 12 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Goodwin | on Barcer Run, Oakwood quadrangle | 2.0 miles east of Melrose | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Link | on Tustison Creek, Woodburn North quadrangle | 4.4 miles south of Lichtys Parcels | 11 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Murat | on Middle Creek, Oakwood quadrangle | 2.3 miles north of Oakwood | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| New Harrison | Woodburn North quadrangle | 2.1 miles east of Lichtys Parcels | 11 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Newburgh | on Prairie Creek, Oakwood quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Melrose | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Nindeville | Woodburn North quadrangle | 3.1 miles north of Lichtys Parcels | 11 sheets, 1953 to 1986 | |
| Plumbs Cross Roads | on Dog Creek, Oakwood quadrangle | 1.7 miles north-west of Roselms | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Reids | Paulding quadrangle | 2.5 miles north of Emmett | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Renollet | Junction quadrangle | 3.2 miles west of Emmett | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Saint Andrews | on Little Auglaize River, Oakwood quadrangle | 0.6 miles north-east of Fort Brown | 10 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Smiley | Woodburn South quadrangle | 3.5 miles east of Payne | 11 sheets, 1953 to 1992 | |
| Sophia | Payne quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Batson | 12 sheets, 1914 to 1986 | |
| Timberville | on Dog Creek, Oakwood quadrangle | 2.4 miles south-east of Mandale | 10 sheets, 1909 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.