This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Arkansas , United States.
Town name | Other names | County | Established | Disestablished | Current status | Remarks |
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Allis | Drew | Contains Saline Cemetery, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] | ||||
Anderson Flat [2] | Independence | |||||
Anna | Crawford | |||||
Arkansas Post | Arkansas | 1686 | 1863 | Barren site, protected area | ||
Armada | Crawford | |||||
Austin | Old Austin | Lonoke | The original site has since been abandoned. [3] | |||
Barbara | Washington | |||||
Bartholomew | Drew | [3] | ||||
Bear City | Garland | 1882 | Mostly woods and a few houses, some active. Small population, but has regained interest in recent years with new constructions and more people moving in. | Written about by Donald Harrington and his wife in their book Let us Build Us a City. Bear City is on the road to Brady Mountain on Lake Ouachita. | ||
Bernice | Pope | |||||
Bingen | Previously called Ozan (not to be confused with nearby Ozan) | Hempstead | Semi-abandoned, several houses remain | [4] [5] | ||
Blanchard Springs | Union | A former resort town. [3] | ||||
Blansett | Scott | |||||
Blewford | Washington | |||||
Bolding [2] | Union | |||||
Brownsville | Lonoke | Once the county seat of Prairie County before it became part of Lonoke County. [6] [7] | ||||
Bruno [2] | Marion | |||||
Cadron | Cadron Settlement | Faulkner | The first permanent white settlement in Arkansas. [8] [9] | |||
Carrollton | Carroll | Historic | ||||
Carter | Carter's Store, Carter Store, Hicks [10] | Washington | ||||
Chalk Bluff [2] | Clay | |||||
Champagnolle | Champagnolle Landing, Scarborough Landing, Union Courthouse | Union | [11] | |||
Cow Mound | Woodruff | |||||
Credit | Craighead | |||||
Crossroads [2] | Pulaski | 1957 | Submerged in Lake Maumelle | Town and Cemetery under water. Located Hwy 10/Hwy 113. | ||
Daleville [2] | Clark | 1880s | Currently the site of The Daily Lumber Company | |||
Davidsonville | Randolph | Now a historic state park. [12] | ||||
Denver | Carroll | [13] | ||||
Dodd City | Marion | [14] [15] | ||||
Dubuque | 1814 | Submerged | Submerged beneath Bull Shoals Lake | |||
East Calico Rock | Izard | Contained within the city limits of current Calico Rock, was known as a rough part of town. [16] [7] | ||||
Eldorado Springs | Eldorado [17] | Benton | ||||
Eros [2] | Marion | School listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | ||||
Eunice | Chicot | Barren | Burned down by the Union Army in 1863. [18] | |||
Forester | Scott | [19] | ||||
Four Gum Corner [2] | St. Francis | Mostly farm land now. | ||||
Frenchtown | Fulton | [3] | ||||
Frog Level | Froggy Level | Columbia | [3] | |||
Gaskins | Carroll | [20] | ||||
Gate | Scott | |||||
Gobbler | Gobbler's Point | Carroll | ||||
Golden City | Logan | [3] | ||||
Graysonia | Clark | 1902 | 1951 | Ruins | Shipped the first flask of Arkansas cinnabar in 1932. | |
Greensboro | Craighead | [21] | ||||
Harness | Stone | |||||
Hix's Ferry | Randolph | 1800 | [3] | |||
Hopefield | Crittenden | [22] [3] | ||||
Kimberly | Pike | 1908 | 1911 | Incorporated into Murfreesboro | ||
Kingdon Springs | Submerged | Flooded by Bull Shoals Lake. [23] | ||||
Lancaster | Crawford | |||||
Laynesport | Little River | [3] | ||||
Lewisburg | Conway | 1831 | 1883 | Was the county seat of Conway County until 1883. [24] | ||
Marianna | Lee | 1857 | The original townsite was abandoned and moved further south in 1857. [25] | |||
Mauldin | Montegomery | 1918 | ||||
Mcguire | Washington | |||||
Midway | Howard | |||||
Moko | Marion | [26] | ||||
Monte Ne | Benton | 1901 | 1932 | Submerged in Beaver Lake | ||
Moscow | Nevada | 1810 | 1873 | Only Moscow Methodist Church and Cemetery remain | Economic displacement by Cairo and Fulton Railroad. [27] | |
Mount Olive | Howard | |||||
Mount Tabor | 1854 | 1930s | Abandoned. The church remains. [26] | A small farming community. [28] [16] [26] | ||
Napoleon | Desha | Submerged | Was once the county seat of Desha County. | |||
Nebraska | Scott | 1854 [29] | 1907 [30] | |||
Oak Grove | Carroll | Semi-abandoned [31] | ||||
Old Austin | Oakland Grove, Oakland, Saundersville, Atlanta | Lonoke | Declined after being bypassed by the railroad. [32] | |||
Oregon | Boone | 1896 [33] | ||||
Osage | Fairview | Carroll | ||||
Paraclifta | Sevier [3] | [34] [3] | ||||
Pinnacle Springs | Faulkner | 1891 | Barren | [34] | ||
Racket Ridge | Van Buren | |||||
Richmond | Little River | [3] | ||||
Rondo | Miller | [3] [35] | ||||
Rush | Marion | 1880 | 1940 | Ruins | A zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas | |
Scotia | Pope | [7] | ||||
Sensation | Scott | |||||
Sexton | Salem Springs | Washington | ||||
Sneed | Jackson | 1929 | Barren site | Was destroyed by Arkansas' only F5 tornado on April 10, 1929. | ||
Sub Rosa | Franklin | 1911 [36] | ||||
Tinsman | Calhoun | |||||
Violett | Arkansas | Barren site | ||||
Weathers | Madison | Abandoned site | Remains of old store/post office and old well are all that remain. | |||
Winona Springs | Carroll | |||||
Wittsburg | Cross | [37] [7] | ||||
Zinc | Marion | [26] |
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed or ended for any reason. The town may also have declined because of natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, extreme heat or extreme cold, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighborhoods that, though still populated, are significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.
Historic Washington State Park is a 101-acre (41 ha) Arkansas state park in Hempstead County, Arkansas in the United States. The museum village contains a collection of pioneer artifacts from the town of Washington, Arkansas, which is a former pioneer settlement along the Southwest Trail. Walking interpretive tours are available throughout the 54 buildings. Washington served as a major trading point along the Southwest Trail, evolving into the Hempstead county seat and later the capital of Arkansas from 1863 to 1865 when Little Rock was threatened during the Civil War. The original plat of Washington was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as the Washington Historic District.
Rodney is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Most of the buildings are gone, and the remaining structures are in various states of disrepair. The town floods regularly, and some of the buildings have extensive flood damage. The Rodney History And Preservation Society is restoring Rodney Presbyterian Church. Damage to the church's facade from the American Civil War has been maintained as part of the historical preservation including a replica cannonball embedded above the balcony windows. The Rodney Center Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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