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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 7 places in Wayne County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
7A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branstetter | on Little Killbuck Creek, Wooster quadrangle | 1.2 miles east of Parkview | 17 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Custaloga | Shreve quadrangle | 1.7 miles east of Centerville | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1994 | |
| Douglas | Rittman quadrangle | 2.0 miles west of Hermanville | 16 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Eight Square | New Pittsburg quadrangle | 2.0 miles south-west of New Pittsburg | 11 sheets, 1906 to 1994 | |
| Horace | Shreve quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Craigton | 13 sheets, 1912 to 1994 | |
| McQuaid | Dalton quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Riceland | 17 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Paradise | Orrville quadrangle | 2.2 miles west of Weilersville | 15 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.