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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 16 places in Stark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixler | on Studer Creek, Bolivar quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Rockville | 16 sheets, 1912 to 1994 | |
| Brimestone Corners | Canal Fulton quadrangle | 0.8 miles north of West Fulton | 18 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Congress Lake | Hartville quadrangle | 1.0 miles south of Hartville | 19 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Diamond | Hartville quadrangle | 0.4 miles south of Oval City | 19 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Hardscrabble | on Sponsellers Hill, Waynesburg quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Moreland | 17 sheets, 1912 to 1994 | |
| Marchand | North Canton quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-east of Tower Terrace | 17 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Marks | Canton East quadrangle | 1.8 miles east of Mapleton | 17 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| New Guinea | on Beech Creek, Alliance quadrangle | 0.8 miles south-east of Williamsport | 20 sheets, 1909 to 1994 | |
| Pauls | on Mudbrook Creek, Massillon quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Forty Corners Village | 18 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Pinn | Massillon quadrangle | 1.2 miles north of Elms Acres | 18 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Plainsburg | on Weimers Hill, Navarre quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Beach City | 18 sheets, 1914 to 1994 | |
| Pleasant Valley | Robertsville quadrangle | 1.2 miles south-east of Myers | 18 sheets, 1909 to 1994 | |
| Rhodes | Massillon quadrangle | 0.5 miles north-east of Westarado | 18 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Shaffers | Limaville quadrangle | 0.3 miles north of Beechwood | 18 sheets, 1909 to 1994 | |
| Sherwood | on Newman Creek, Massillon quadrangle | 0.4 miles south-west of Rolling Hills Village | 18 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Summit | Dalton quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of East Greenville | 17 sheets, 1901 to 1994 |
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.