List of ghost towns in Arkansas facts for kids
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Arkansas, United States.
Contents
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
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 |
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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 |
Gallery
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Ruins of the New White Eagle Mill, Rush Historic District, Buffalo National River, Arkansas
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The partially submerged Monte Ne Amphitheater in Monte Ne, Arkansas
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An illustration of Arkansas Post, Arkansas, depicting the settlement in 1689. This was painted in 1904.
See also
- Dogpatch USA, an abandoned theme park in the northwest part of the state.
- Booger Hollow, Arkansas, an abandoned tourist attraction
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