State atlas · filed under AR
Ghost Towns of Arkansas
Arkansas lost towns to the timber cut-and-run, to zinc and manganese busts in the Ozarks, and to the great river's floods — company mill towns that lasted exactly as long as the trees did.
1,289 sites surveyed across Arkansas — 1 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 1,289 vanished or historical sites in Arkansas — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
RushMarion Co.Historic Townsite
Society Pro
See Arkansas as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
191 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Arkansas. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.
4,035mine features
3,759mineral sites
3,291lost places
191survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Arkansas — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AbelesArkansas Co.AberdeenCross Co.AbnerPike Co.AcademyHempstead Co.Acklin GapFaulkner Co.AdelaideJackson Co.AkronIndependence Co.AlbrittonChicot Co.AllfriendNewton Co.AlmontCrittenden Co.AltharpSaline Co.AltonHempstead Co.AlumSaline Co.AlvisIndependence Co.AmateurSharp Co.AmberGrant Co.AmityHoward Co.AndersonPike Co.AniceFranklin Co.AnnaCrawford Co.AnnoverCleveland Co.AnrepJefferson Co.AntimonyHoward Co.AntiochSevier Co.AntreySevier Co.ArcheyVan Buren Co.ArgosyFulton Co.ArkansasArkansas Co.ArkinsIzard Co.ArmadaCrawford Co.ArpPike Co.ArthurGrant Co.ArthurPoinsett Co.AskewLee Co.AuburnSebastian Co.BailesSt. Francis Co.Baker CreekPope Co.Baker DenRandolph Co.BalboaSharp Co.BallPike Co.BallePrairie Co.BannerVan Buren Co.BantyPulaski Co.BarbaraWashington Co.BarberWhite Co.BardillPrairie Co.Battle HillHoward Co.BauxippiCrittenden Co.Bayou MaconChicot Co.BeardWoodruff Co.BeaudryGarland Co.BeecherPrairie Co.BegleySearcy Co.BelknapCross Co.BellevuePerry Co.BelmontCrawford Co.BelserPhillips Co.BeltonHempstead Co.BennettNevada Co.BennettsBaxter Co.BerryBaxter Co.BessieLawrence Co.BessieFaulkner Co.BestsOuachita Co.BethelHoward Co.Big SpringsMarion Co.BissellHoward Co.BlanchardSevier Co.BleakerCleveland Co.BlewfordWashington Co.BlissWhite Co.BloomingtonVan Buren Co.Blowing CaveIndependence Co.Blue SpringsBradley Co.BluetipStone Co.Bluff RidgeScott Co.Bluff SpringsHoward Co.BoggyMiller Co.BogotaDesha Co.Boiling SpringsPope Co.Bonanza SpringsGarland Co.BothersomeStone Co.BowserDrew Co.BoydLonoke Co.BoyleStone Co.BozarthBenton Co.BrainerdPoinsett Co.Brasswell SpringCarroll Co.BridgeportSharp Co.BrisbaneNevada Co.BristolFaulkner Co.BrittClark Co.BrocktownPike Co.BrooksSaline Co.BroomLawrence Co.BrownMississippi Co.BruceJefferson Co.BrundigeWhite Co.BrushyAshley Co.BrushyHoward Co.BucksvilleGarland Co.BudsmithCross Co.BuffaloPolk Co.BuffaloScott Co.BuffalolickPoinsett Co.BuffoArkansas Co.BurmaMonroe Co.BushtownJohnson Co.Butter CreekVan Buren Co.ButtryBenton Co.Buzzard RoostVan Buren Co.CaboolCleveland Co.CadronFaulkner Co.Calico NeckColumbia Co.CalisBenton Co.CamillaLonoke Co.Camp PershingPerry Co.Cane IslandCraighead Co.CaneyNevada Co.CannonBenton Co.CantonSharp Co.CarnieUnion Co.CarrPoinsett Co.CarterWashington Co.CaseGreene Co.CasteelBaxter Co.CastleberryBradley Co.CastlevilleBenton Co.CatorcePulaski Co.CaveBenton Co.Cave SpringCarroll Co.Cedar GladeHoward Co.Cedar GladesGarland Co.Cedar HillHoward Co.ChadwickFaulkner Co.ChalkVan Buren Co.Chambers SpringBenton Co.ChampionLincoln Co.ChantScott Co.ChaplinMadison Co.ChappelleLee Co.CharityPulaski Co.ChastainBaxter Co.Checks CornerBenton Co.Cherry GroveGrant Co.Choctaw VillageDesha Co.ClaytonNevada Co.Clayton SpurPolk Co.Clear WaterWhite Co.ClebbConway Co.ClementineBenton Co.ClementsJefferson Co.CloquetBradley Co.ClutesSearcy Co.Colburn SpringScott Co.Cold SpringsSaline Co.College ParkJefferson Co.ColvilleBenton Co.CommissaryGreene Co.ComoCleveland Co.ComptonHempstead Co.ConstanceChicot Co.ConvilleBaxter Co.CooperPike Co.Copperas GapPerry Co.CornhillSevier Co.Cottage HillBenton Co.Cove CreekHot Spring Co.CoveyBaxter Co.Cow LakeJackson Co.Cow MoundWoodruff Co.CowpensMonroe Co.CrawfordPike Co.CreditCraighead Co.CroakCleveland Co.Cross RoadsWashington Co.Cross RoadsBenton Co.Cross TrailsSevier Co.CrossroadsPulaski Co.CrownBenton Co.CrumpBenton Co.CruseDallas Co.CumberlandPope Co.CuneoPrairie Co.CunninghamSaline Co.CurtisSaline Co.CusterBaxter Co.CypressPoinsett Co.DahomaFranklin Co.DaleJohnson Co.DarysawGrant Co.DavenportWhite Co.DavidsonvilleRandolph Co.DebrowRandolph Co.DeckerChicot Co.DefianceWhite Co.DelhiCalhoun Co.DenievilleIndependence Co.DentontownYell Co.DeparteIndependence Co.DialHoward Co.DialtonCleveland Co.DianthaJefferson Co.DickeyPulaski Co.Dill PlaceSebastian Co.DirtdauberSaline Co.DivideConway Co.DixiePerry Co.DolphHempstead Co.DoltonJefferson Co.DonaldFranklin Co.DorseyBenton Co.DossCraighead Co.Dotson StationHempstead Co.DoubledaySebastian Co.DoylevilleWhite Co.DrabHempstead Co.DraftSharp Co.DraperBradley Co.DraughonCleveland Co.Dripping SpringsGarland Co.Dry CreekSearcy Co.DuffieHot Spring Co.DuggerSearcy Co.Duncans GapFaulkner Co.DunlapPike Co.DunnCross Co.DurianHot Spring Co.DwightCleveland Co.Eagle ParkLonoke Co.East MountainVan Buren Co.EdgeVan Buren Co.EdmonsonIndependence Co.EffaFranklin Co.EgbertWhite Co.EightmileJackson Co.ElbertaCalhoun Co.Eldorado SpringsBenton Co.ElectricSaline Co.Electric SpringsBenton Co.ElkPike Co.EllaPope Co.EllenWhite Co.EllsworthLogan Co.ElmClark Co.ElmoreHot Spring Co.ElonAshley Co.EnarcPrairie Co.EngledaleCrittenden Co.EngmanPoinsett Co.EnonCarroll Co.EraMiller Co.EssexWhite Co.EttaHot Spring Co.EverettCleburne Co.FairplaySaline Co.FalernoPope Co.FamousPope Co.FealeyFranklin Co.FelkerBenton Co.FerrellBradley Co.FidelitySebastian Co.FikesGrant Co.FirMontgomery Co.Fish DockArkansas Co.FlemingHot Spring Co.FlintBenton Co.Fly GapFranklin Co.FlynnWoodruff Co.ForgyHoward Co.FossNevada Co.Four GrovesLincoln Co.FourchePulaski Co.FreemanBenton Co.FreemanCarroll Co.FresnoFranklin Co.FrickengerFulton Co.FrisbeeLawrence Co.Frisco SpringsBenton Co.GabrielPope Co.GallatinBenton Co.GannPolk Co.GaskinsCarroll Co.GateScott Co.GeopelBradley Co.GerenLogan Co.GibbonsSaline Co.GilkeyYell Co.GinBradley Co.GirardScott Co.GladstoneGarland Co.GladysVan Buren Co.GlynnBradley Co.Green HallCalhoun Co.GreensboroCraighead Co.GridleyVan Buren Co.GuilfordPulaski Co.GulphaGarland Co.Gum SpringsWhite Co.HaleJackson Co.HallSearcy Co.HammettClay Co.HandBaxter Co.HarbisPhillips Co.HarbourCalhoun Co.HarrysPrairie Co.HartBenton Co.HattieHoward Co.HawthicketFaulkner Co.HeadPulaski Co.HearnClark Co.HebronClark Co.HedgesStone Co.HedrickWhite Co.HeineDallas Co.HelbigPike Co.HennesseyHempstead Co.HenricoDesha Co.HepseyMarion Co.HerrickSharp Co.Hickory StationMontgomery Co.HicksvilleWhite Co.High PointGarland Co.HillsideGreene Co.HoltMississippi Co.HoltNewton Co.HooverBenton Co.HopedaleDesha Co.HopefieldCrittenden Co.HopewellPike Co.Horn MountainSearcy Co.HugoPhillips Co.HuntertonPrairie Co.HurdBenton Co.HuronIzard Co.HurricaneSaline Co.IcoGrant Co.ImeldaMontgomery Co.IndependenceBaxter Co.IndexConway Co.Indian CreekCarroll Co.IrbyCrittenden Co.JaburWashington Co.JacksonDallas Co.JacksonAshley Co.JadeDrew Co.JakajonesHempstead Co.JamesonSearcy Co.JartaWhite Co.JaybirdBenton Co.JeterDrew Co.JettIzard Co.JonesdaleBaxter Co.JordanMadison Co.JordanDrew Co.JunctionCarroll Co.KahokaStone Co.KaplinChicot Co.KellerRandolph Co.KempOuachita Co.KenneyPerry Co.KeyBenton Co.KeystoneMarion Co.KeytonClark Co.KilgoreHempstead Co.KimbroughLincoln Co.Kincade BayouLee Co.KinderhookVan Buren Co.Kingdom SpringsMarion Co.Kings CreekScott Co.Kings MillsSharp Co.KingsvilleRandolph Co.KlondikeSaline Co.Koones GulfVan Buren Co.KramerWoodruff Co.KratnekJefferson Co.KurdoDesha Co.La GruePrairie Co.LacklandNevada Co.LacyBradley Co.LacyDesha Co.LambJefferson Co.LambertsJefferson Co.LamontGrant Co.LancasterCrawford Co.LathamVan Buren Co.LaurelPope Co.LaytonvilleBaxter Co.LeavitsDrew Co.LebanonSearcy Co.LeeBenton Co.LehighCleveland Co.LeidygateLittle River Co.LeightonPrairie Co.LeigoSearcy Co.LenaGarland Co.LenoirMonroe Co.LeonFranklin Co.LetaPope Co.LevitCalhoun Co.LibbyCleburne Co.LibertyBenton Co.Liberty SpringsVan Buren Co.LilleyOuachita Co.LimevilleIndependence Co.LindaleCalhoun Co.Linders MillSt. Francis Co.Line StoreBenton Co.LinnJefferson Co.LinvilleJohnson Co.LipptonLittle River Co.LissiePike Co.Little BayCalhoun Co.Little BuffaloNewton Co.Little PrairieLee Co.LittlesDesha Co.LockheartIndependence Co.Lone ElmBenton Co.Lone SasafrasDrew Co.LoveIzard Co.LucianGrant Co.LuckyMontgomery Co.LuehrmannClay Co.LufraOuachita Co.MaddockWhite Co.MansvilleCleveland Co.ManteMadison Co.MarchCraighead Co.MarthaHoward Co.MasonCleveland Co.MatokaAshley Co.MaxeyChicot Co.MaxwellPike Co.MayStone Co.MaysvilleCraighead Co.McGuireWashington Co.McKinneyCleveland Co.McLeanGrant Co.MeafordGarland Co.MedfordDesha Co.MeekCleveland Co.MercedPoinsett Co.MerckCross Co.MetoLonoke Co.MidwayHoward Co.MillanYell Co.MillerCleburne Co.Miller SpringsBenton Co.MilnerColumbia Co.MineralPulaski Co.MistletoeLittle River Co.MoabPerry Co.MobleySharp Co.MockRandolph Co.MollusGreene Co.MonicaArkansas Co.MoodyDrew Co.MooresvillePrairie Co.MorelockWoodruff Co.Morris FerryLittle River Co.Mount OliveHoward Co.Mount PerrianMarion Co.Mount PleasantBoone Co.Mount VernonSt. Francis Co.MoutonHoward Co.MundellCarroll Co.NahayPrairie Co.NativeClark Co.NebraskaScott Co.Negro BendDrew Co.Negro Head CornerWoodruff Co.New HopePhillips Co.New MoonHoward Co.New Mount MoriahNevada Co.New ThompsonHoward Co.New TownCarroll Co.NickeySt. Francis Co.NiemeyerPulaski Co.NixDallas Co.North CreekPhillips Co.North SabieMississippi Co.NorthwoodPope Co.NortonCarroll Co.NorvellePike Co.NunnallyCarroll Co.Oak FlatVan Buren Co.Oak HillHoward Co.OakdaleLincoln Co.OakhurstDallas Co.OakwoodGarland Co.OakwoodsDrew Co.ObearCraighead Co.ObinGrant Co.OconeeRandolph Co.OgaStone Co.OkayPope Co.Old EuclidHoward Co.Old LibertyVan Buren Co.Old LinderFaulkner Co.Old PineyDrew Co.Old ThompsonHoward Co.Old UnionHoward Co.Old UnionDrew Co.OnaArkansas Co.OnalaskaOuachita Co.OpitzSaline Co.OppositionLawrence Co.OrchardPerry Co.OrebHoward Co.OregonBoone Co.OrrMississippi Co.OsbornBenton Co.OsotouyArkansas Co.Ozmont BluffDrew Co.PactolusBenton Co.PaepckeMississippi Co.ParacliftaSevier Co.ParadiseDrew Co.ParhamArkansas Co.ParisGreene Co.ParmaDesha Co.ParnBenton Co.PatesHoward Co.PattersonSt. Francis Co.PeaceCleveland Co.PeachFulton Co.PedloBoone Co.PekinCraighead Co.PekinStone Co.Penters BluffIzard Co.PermanMonroe Co.PhelanAshley Co.PhosphateIndependence Co.Pickles GapFaulkner Co.Pine MountainVan Buren Co.Pinnacle SpringsFaulkner Co.PippinBenton Co.PirlteBradley Co.PisgahPope Co.PittmanClay Co.Pleasant HomePike Co.PlessPope Co.Plum BayouJefferson Co.PlumleeNewton Co.PoeVan Buren Co.PoloCarroll Co.PolucaRandolph Co.PondBenton Co.PoolCleveland Co.Porters StoreWashington Co.Potash Sulphur SpringsGarland Co.PoynerJohnson Co.ProvidenceFaulkner Co.Pryor RidgeHoward Co.PuckettBenton Co.Pump SpringsHoward Co.Quawpaw VillageLincoln Co.QuinlanWoodruff Co.RabellPike Co.RaceBenton Co.Racket RidgeVan Buren Co.RadwayCleveland Co.RankinLittle River Co.RankinPerry Co.RaumCarroll Co.Ray StationJefferson Co.RaymondMonroe Co.Red BluffJefferson Co.Red HillSevier Co.Red NeckDrew Co.RedbirdMontgomery Co.ReedSharp Co.Reed SettlementDrew Co.ReevesChicot Co.RegisterNevada Co.RestLincoln Co.RickertWashington Co.Riley CreekYell Co.RipleyCleveland Co.RobertsMiller Co.RobertsArkansas Co.Rock CreekPike Co.Rocky ComfortBenton Co.RoffPolk Co.RollinsonSt. Francis Co.Rome CityBenton Co.RosedaleHoward Co.RosedaleCrawford Co.Rough and ReadyDrew Co.Rough EdgeHoward Co.Round TopBenton Co.RowlettFaulkner Co.Ruckers GroveWashington Co.RuddellsIzard Co.RuffinPoinsett Co.Running LakeRandolph Co.Saint FrancisCross Co.Saint ThomasCrittenden Co.SalemFaulkner Co.SalineBradley Co.SalineHoward Co.SalineDallas Co.Saline RiverGrant Co.SandersHot Spring Co.SandtownConway Co.SandtuckBradley Co.SardisHempstead Co.SassafrasArkansas Co.ScaifeChicot Co.ScanlanCrittenden Co.ScarbCraighead Co.ScobyCleveland Co.Scrouge OutDrew Co.SecrestJefferson Co.SedaliaBenton Co.SellmeyerClay Co.SensationScott Co.Serepta SpringsNevada Co.SettlementVan Buren Co.SextonWashington Co.Shake RagVan Buren Co.ShaverBoone Co.ShawCraighead Co.ShiloSearcy Co.ShilohCleburne Co.ShonyoMississippi Co.ShortWhite Co.SiltLincoln Co.Silver SpringsBenton Co.SimcoSharp Co.SimmonsWoodruff Co.SimsMississippi Co.SlatingtonMontgomery Co.SlickerSearcy Co.Slip-Up and HitchHoward Co.SlocombSaline Co.SlovaktownPrairie Co.SmeadCalhoun Co.SmeadleyJohnson Co.SmithtonClark Co.SmithvilleCraighead Co.SmyrnaHoward Co.SneedCleveland Co.SommerLogan Co.South BendLincoln Co.Southern HomeYell Co.SpearPrairie Co.SpencerBaxter Co.SpielervilleLogan Co.Spring BankMiller Co.Spring LakeGarland Co.SpringfieldMississippi Co.StanleyPike Co.Star of the WestPike Co.StephensonPike Co.SterlingChicot Co.StinevillePrairie Co.StoneMarion Co.StoopsMonroe Co.StopCrawford Co.StudemeirGrant Co.SturdevantWoodruff Co.SturgisBradley Co.StyraClay Co.Sub RosaFranklin Co.Sulphur SpringNewton Co.SummitWashington Co.SummitBenton Co.Sunny GapFaulkner Co.SunriseWhite Co.SunshineHoward Co.SuperArkansas Co.SydenhamWashington Co.SylviaMarion Co.TatetownPope Co.TatumvilleSaline Co.TaylorvilleWoodruff Co.TelicoSt. Francis Co.ThessingFranklin Co.ThomasPrairie Co.ThomwallArkansas Co.ThrasherHempstead Co.ToddLincoln Co.TowleMonroe Co.TownsleyMadison Co.TrammellBenton Co.TriggCleveland Co.TroyDrew Co.TruthMadison Co.TunnelCarroll Co.TurinGrant Co.TurneyCross Co.TurnipWhite Co.TuscanyJackson Co.Twin OakHot Spring Co.Two MilePolk Co.TylerCleburne Co.TynerPhillips Co.UnderwoodIndependence Co.UnionvilleCleveland Co.Upper NodenaMississippi Co.UzzettPrairie Co.Valley RidgeHoward Co.Van WagonerOuachita Co.VeitsPrairie Co.VenquinMadison Co.VestIzard Co.Villa ValeLincoln Co.VinsonChicot Co.VogelBenton Co.WacoCraighead Co.WadellSt. Francis Co.WagerBenton Co.WakeBaxter Co.WakefieldHoward Co.WalcoHot Spring Co.WaldenCarroll Co.WaldsteinJefferson Co.WannBenton Co.WatervalleyRandolph Co.WatkinsBoone Co.WaysideHot Spring Co.Webbs MillCraighead Co.Welchs ShopDallas Co.WelfordCross Co.Wells CreekNewton Co.WensteadSharp Co.WestConway Co.West BayouArkansas Co.WestbrookHempstead Co.WhitburgCraighead Co.WhitlockSaline Co.WilcoxBradley Co.WildcatCrittenden Co.WilkinsvilleJackson Co.WillardPrairie Co.Williams GulfVan Buren Co.WillowdalePulaski Co.Winona SpringsCarroll Co.WiseOuachita Co.Wolf PenCarroll Co.WolvertonMississippi Co.WonaMiller Co.WoodlandSaline Co.WoodlawnNevada Co.WoodsBenton Co.WoolvertonConway Co.WranesWhite Co.WrapeCross Co.WrightPike Co.WyandotteHot Spring Co.WylesSt. Francis Co.WyloeOuachita Co.YadkinRandolph Co.YoungstownLincoln Co.YumaPrairie Co.ZadockJohnson Co.ZamaNevada Co.ZebSearcy Co.ZebulonPike Co.ZellnerDesha Co.