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There are other reasons for non existent towns to be on a map. My wife does family history research and had a township Plat map from the 1800s in central IL. It marked who owned eat farms and we were using it to find the location of an ancestors homestead. It was a bit tricky as much had changed, but we eventually found the spot. En route, we founs a town on the map but at that location, it seemed obvious that there had never been a town there. What happen was that the town was drawn up by a developer, hoping to sell lots for his development. But the scheme never got off the ground, so the town was laid out and officially recorded and mapped in the government Plat map with a town name, but never existed. I have seen several of these on old Plat maps.
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odd man out wrote:
There are other reasons for non existent towns to be on a map. My wife does family history research and had a township Plat map from the 1800s in central IL. It marked who owned eat farms and we were using it to find the location of an ancestors homestead. It was a bit tricky as much had changed, but we eventually found the spot. En route, we founs a town on the map but at that location, it seemed obvious that there had never been a town there. What happen was that the town was drawn up by a developer, hoping to sell lots for his development. But the scheme never got off the ground, so the town was laid out and officially recorded and mapped in the government Plat map with a town name, but never existed. I have seen several of these on old Plat maps.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
paper tigers make paper towns
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Dan76 wrote:
odd man out wrote:
There are other reasons for non existent towns to be on a map. My wife does family history research and had a township Plat map from the 1800s in central IL. It marked who owned eat farms and we were using it to find the location of an ancestors homestead. It was a bit tricky as much had changed, but we eventually found the spot. En route, we founs a town on the map but at that location, it seemed obvious that there had never been a town there. What happen was that the town was drawn up by a developer, hoping to sell lots for his development. But the scheme never got off the ground, so the town was laid out and officially recorded and mapped in the government Plat map with a town name, but never existed. I have seen several of these on old Plat maps.
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I ordered a topographic map back in the 1970s. For an area we were going to hike in. I got back a sepia print map that looked nothing like the area. I looked at the bottom for the date and other info. It was a 1890 map that had been looked at again about 1920. No highways. Just some dirt tracks that were probably used by horse and wagon to get from town to town.
It did show some small towns that had disappeared since then. There was only foundations and some walls left.--
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During WWII there were real fake towns. There was one just east of Richmond. The idea was during an air raid they would blackout Richmond and turn on the lights in the fake town so it would get bombed instead."Dazed and Confused"
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NoAngel wrote:
During WWII there were real fake towns. There was one just east of Richmond. The idea was during an air raid they would blackout Richmond and turn on the lights in the fake town so it would get bombed instead.
Done in WW2 for Cairo and other towns along the Suez Canal.--
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NoAngel wrote:
During WWII there were real fake towns. There was one just east of Richmond. The idea was during an air raid they would blackout Richmond and turn on the lights in the fake town so it would get bombed instead.
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odd man out wrote:
Dan76 wrote:
odd man out wrote:
There are other reasons for non existent towns to be on a map. My wife does family history research and had a township Plat map from the 1800s in central IL. It marked who owned eat farms and we were using it to find the location of an ancestors homestead. It was a bit tricky as much had changed, but we eventually found the spot. En route, we founs a town on the map but at that location, it seemed obvious that there had never been a town there. What happen was that the town was drawn up by a developer, hoping to sell lots for his development. But the scheme never got off the ground, so the town was laid out and officially recorded and mapped in the government Plat map with a town name, but never existed. I have seen several of these on old Plat maps.
Also, same with lumber mill towns when the trees went away and they put up a parking lot.
What is interesting to me are the entire towns that disappeared under water for reservoirs... -
I've read of a SoCal steel mill built at the onset of WWII with buildings camouflaged to blend with the surrounding terrain. Don't know the exact location or whether it's still operative.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
ScareBear wrote:
odd man out wrote:
Dan76 wrote:
odd man out wrote:
There are other reasons for non existent towns to be on a map. My wife does family history research and had a township Plat map from the 1800s in central IL. It marked who owned eat farms and we were using it to find the location of an ancestors homestead. It was a bit tricky as much had changed, but we eventually found the spot. En route, we founs a town on the map but at that location, it seemed obvious that there had never been a town there. What happen was that the town was drawn up by a developer, hoping to sell lots for his development. But the scheme never got off the ground, so the town was laid out and officially recorded and mapped in the government Plat map with a town name, but never existed. I have seen several of these on old Plat maps.
What is interesting to me are the entire towns that disappeared under water for reservoirs...
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Dan76 wrote:
I've read of a SoCal steel mill built at the onset of WWII with buildings camouflaged to blend with the surrounding terrain. Don't know the exact location or whether it's still operative.
yup. I saw a version of that in a documentary. The fake roof looked like suburban homes. Underneath was an aircraft factory.--
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Nice video!Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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