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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Arkansas, United States.

Classification

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
Oak Grove Rosenwald School
The school at Oak Grove, which is still inhabited by 386 residents

Semi-abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • Few residents
  • Many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Historic community

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less

Table

Town name   Other names County   Established   Disestablished   Current status   Remarks   
Allis Drew Contains Saline Cemetery, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Anderson Flat 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.
Barbara Washington
Bartholomew Drew
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
Blanchard Springs Union A former resort town.
Blansett Scott
Blewford Washington
Bolding Union
Brownsville Lonoke Once the county seat of Prairie County before it became part of Lonoke County.
Bruno Marion
Cadron Cadron Settlement Faulkner The first permanent white settlement in Arkansas.
Carrollton Carroll Historic
Carter Carter's Store, Carter Store, Hicks Washington
Chalk Bluff Clay
Champagnolle Champagnolle Landing, Scarborough Landing, Union Courthouse Union
Cow Mound Woodruff
Credit Craighead
Crossroads Pulaski 1957 Submerged in Lake Maumelle Town and Cemetery under water. Located Hwy 10/Hwy 113.
Daleville Clark 1880s Currently the site of The Daily Lumber Company
Davidsonville Randolph Now a historic state park.
Denver Carroll
Dodd City Marion
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.
Eldorado Springs Eldorado Benton
Eros Marion School listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Eunice Chicot Barren Burned down by the Union Army in 1863.
Forester Scott
Four Gum Corner St. Francis Mostly farm land now.
Frenchtown Fulton
Frog Level Froggy Level Columbia
Gaskins Carroll
Gate Scott
Gobbler Gobbler's Point Carroll
Golden City Logan
Graysonia Clark 1902 1951 Ruins Shipped the first flask of Arkansas cinnabar in 1932.
Greensboro Craighead
Harness Stone
Hix's Ferry Randolph 1800
Hopefield Crittenden
Kimberly Pike 1908 1911 Incorporated into Murfreesboro
Kingdon Springs Submerged Flooded by Bull Shoals Lake.
Lancaster Crawford
Laynesport Little River
Lewisburg Conway 1831 1883 Was the county seat of Conway County until 1883.
Marianna Lee 1857 The original townsite was abandoned and moved further south in 1857.
Mauldin Montegomery 1918
Mcguire Washington
Midway Howard
Moko Marion
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.
Mount Olive Howard
Mount Tabor 1854 1930s Abandoned. The church remains. A small farming community.
Napoleon Desha Submerged Was once the county seat of Desha County.
Nebraska Scott 1854 1907
Oak Grove Carroll Semi-abandoned
Old Austin Oakland Grove, Oakland, Saundersville, Atlanta Lonoke Declined after being bypassed by the railroad.
Oregon Boone 1896
Osage Fairview Carroll
Paraclifta Sevier
Pinnacle Springs Faulkner 1891 Barren
Racket Ridge Van Buren
Richmond Little River
Rondo Miller
Rush Marion 1880 1940 Ruins A zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas
Scotia Pope
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
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
Zinc Marion

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