List of ghost towns in Arkansas

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

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Classification

Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted back to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past.

Barren site

Neglected site

Abandoned site

Semi-abandoned site

Historic community

Ghost towns

Town name   Other name   County   Established   Disestablished   Current status   Remarks   
Anderson Flat[1]
Arkansas Post Arkansas 1686 1863 Barren site, protected area
Bolding[1] Union
Bruno[1] Marion
Chalk Bluff[1]
Crossroads[1] Pulaski 1957 Submerged in Lake Maumelle Town and Cemetery under water. Located Hwy 10/Hwy 113.
Daleville[1]
Eros[1] Marion
Four Gum Corner[1]
Fort Douglas
Graysonia Clark 1902 1951 Ruins
Greenway
Kimberly Pike 1908 1911 Incorporated into Murfreesboro
Lewisburg Conway 1831 Was the county seat of Conway County until 1883.
Monte Ne Benton 1901 1932 Submerged in Beaver Lake
Napoleon Desha Submerged Was once the county seat of Desha County
Rush
Sneed Jackson 1929 Barren site Was destroyed by Arkansas' only F5 tornado on April 10, 1929.
Violett Arkansas Barren site

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ghost Towns of Arkansas". Ghost Towns. ghosttowns.com. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ar/ar.html. Retrieved May 11, 2009. 

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