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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 15 places in Pickaway County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
15A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bells | on Dry Run, Ashville quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Bridlewood | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Cromley | on Little Walnut Creek, Ashville quadrangle | 0.7 miles north of Brandon Court | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Dorney | on Burning Indian Mound, Circleville quadrangle | 0.9 miles north-west of Jefferson Estates | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Fairview | on Griffy Run, Ashville quadrangle | 1.1 miles east of Bridlewood | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Gray | Ashville quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Ashton Crossing | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Griffith | on Little Walnut Creek, Ashville quadrangle | 0.2 miles north of Ashton Village | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Hagerty | Ashville quadrangle | 1.3 miles north-west of Little Walnut | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Hooven | Circleville quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Hayesville | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Miller | on Burning Indian Mound, Circleville quadrangle | 0.6 miles west of Jefferson Estates | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Nebraska | on Lick Run, Ashville quadrangle | 2.2 miles east of Walnut | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Rhoads | on Mud Run, Ashville quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Little Walnut | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 | |
| Sheldon | on Griffy Run, Circleville quadrangle | 0.3 miles east of Graystone Villas | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Spunkeytown | on Hargus Creek, Circleville quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Circleville | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Squawtown | on Scippo Creek, Circleville quadrangle | 3.0 miles east of Elmwood | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1984 | |
| Voorheis | on Griffy Run, Ashville quadrangle | 1.1 miles south-east of Graystone Villas | 11 sheets, 1914 to 1992 |
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.