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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown | on Hay Run, Andersonville quadrangle | 0.1 miles south-east of Carey | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1986 | |
| Canada | on Lick Run, Richmond Dale quadrangle | 1.5 miles south of Rittenours | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1992 | |
| Charleston | on Coey Hollow, Londonderry quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Tucson | 12 sheets, 1906 to 1992 | |
| Courtright | Kingston quadrangle | 2.0 miles north-east of Kingston | 13 sheets, 1906 to 1992 | |
| Ebush | on Owl Creek, Chillicothe West quadrangle | 2.8 miles south-west of Bourneville | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1986 | |
| Eustis | on Dry Run, Chillicothe East quadrangle | 0.5 miles north of Hopetown | 15 sheets, 1906 to 1980 | |
| Feightner | on Brush Ridge, Laurelville quadrangle | 3.7 miles north of Adelphi | 15 sheets, 1910 to 1992 | |
| Franklin | on Dry Run, Chillicothe East quadrangle | 1.0 miles north of Hopetown | 15 sheets, 1906 to 1980 | |
| Heglers | on Herrod Creek, Good Hope quadrangle | 2.1 miles south-east of Austin | 12 sheets, 1917 to 1986 | |
| New Salem | South Salem quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Thrifton | 13 sheets, 1917 to 1986 | |
| Newingburg | Chillicothe West quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Knockemstiff | 14 sheets, 1912 to 1986 | |
| Poe Valley | on Bluelick Run, Londonderry quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of Londonderry | 12 sheets, 1906 to 1992 | |
| Riton | on Mount Logan, Chillicothe East quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Chillicothe | 15 sheets, 1906 to 1980 | |
| Seymoreville | on Mount Logan, Chillicothe East quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-west of Chillicothe | 15 sheets, 1906 to 1980 | |
| Thornton | Good Hope quadrangle | 2.8 miles south of Lyndon | 12 sheets, 1917 to 1986 | |
| View | Andersonville quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of Pleasant Valley | 14 sheets, 1912 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.