This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACE/984.1 Message Board Post: Programs like Map Quest typically are not as effecient for locating small towns, or those absorbed by cities etc. A better search can be done on the NGIS http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnisprod has found Hill Top near Lowden in Walla Walla County. You can see it on a tiger map, ariel views etc. A very good search engine for old places. Hope this helps