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The settlements that are gone
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 places in Wood County, Ohio that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
11A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassett | North Baltimore quadrangle | 1.3 miles north-west of Hammansburg | 13 sheets, 1903 to 1986 | |
| Cummings | Walbridge quadrangle | 0.8 miles west of Country Meadows | 17 sheets, 1900 to 1994 | |
| Farnham | Deshler quadrangle | 4.1 miles north-east of Custar | 10 sheets, 1956 to 1986 | |
| Fenton | Dunbridge quadrangle | 2.5 miles north-west of Dowling | 14 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Haney | Weston quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-east of Wingston | 12 sheets, 1909 to 1986 | |
| Miltonville | on Reitz Run, Bowling Green North quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-east of Hull Prairie | 21 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Oil Center | North Baltimore quadrangle | 2.0 miles north of Cygnet | 13 sheets, 1903 to 1986 | |
| Prentice | Rossford quadrangle | 1.4 miles east of Vickers | 14 sheets, 1900 to 1986 | |
| Riverdale | on Reitz Run, Bowling Green North quadrangle | 1.5 miles south-west of Hull Prairie | 21 sheets, 1901 to 1994 | |
| Rockwell | Rossford quadrangle | 0.4 miles east of Vickers | 14 sheets, 1900 to 1986 | |
| Webb | Walbridge quadrangle | 1.9 miles north of Woodland Forest | 17 sheets, 1900 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.