BlockVanished settlements of Carbon County, Wyoming
The Geographic Names Information System records 14 places in Carbon County, Wyoming that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
14A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle | near Doane Peak, Red Mountain quadrangle | 10.7 miles east of Encampment | 17 sheets, 1939 to 1988 | |
| Copperton | on Green Creek, Bridger Peak quadrangle | 10.9 miles north-west of Tullis | 16 sheets, 1932 to 1988 | |
| Dexterville | on Hatch Creek, Divide Peak quadrangle | 4.3 miles south-west of Tullis | 17 sheets, 1932 to 1988 | |
| Dillon | on Vole Creek, Bridger Peak quadrangle | 11.3 miles west of Tullis | 16 sheets, 1932 to 1988 | |
| Elwood | on Bottle Creek, Red Mountain quadrangle | 5.3 miles east of Encampment | 17 sheets, 1939 to 1988 | |
| Ferris | on Garden Creek, Ferris quadrangle | 2.5 miles east of McCargar Place | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1988 | |
| Ivans Grove | on Thode Creek, Coad Mountain quadrangle | 4.9 miles north-east of Milo | 16 sheets, 1893 to 1992 | |
| Marvin Place | on Garden Creek, Ferris quadrangle | 3.3 miles south-east of McCargar Place | 10 sheets, 1953 to 1988 | |
| Morrisey | near Cooper Hill, Morgan quadrangle | 2.1 miles north of Woodedge | 17 sheets, 1906 to 1992 | |
| Rambler | on Doane Creek, Bridger Peak quadrangle | 11.8 miles east of Encampment | 16 sheets, 1932 to 1988 | |
| Rudefeha | near McCormick Peak, Bridger Peak quadrangle | 12.2 miles west of Tullis | 16 sheets, 1932 to 1988 | |
| Sampo | Como West quadrangle | 2.8 miles south-west of Elmo | 13 sheets, 1914 to 1988 | |
| Shirley | on Hill Creek, Pine Hill quadrangle | 7.0 miles south of Paradise | 9 sheets, 1955 to 1988 | |
| Widdowfield | on Spring Creek, Elk Mountain SW quadrangle | 0.3 miles west of Milo | 12 sheets, 1954 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.