This is an incomplete list of ghost town

Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

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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

• Sites no longer in existence
• Sites that have been destroyed
• Deserted
• Covered with water
• Barren site
• 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.

Ghost towns

Town name	Other name	County	Established	Disestablished	Current status	Remarks
Anderson Flat
Arkansas Post Arkansas Post National Memorial Arkansas Post National Memorial, located about 8 miles southeast of Gillett, Arkansas, commemorates key events related to European-American history that occurred on site and in the vicinity: the trading post was the first successful French settlement in the Lower Mississippi River Valley ; site...		Arkansas Arkansas County, Arkansas Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. The county has two county seats, De Witt and Stuttgart...	1686	1863	Barren site, protected area
Bolding Bolding, Arkansas Bolding is an unincorporated community in Union County, Arkansas, USA. Near Bolding, Arkansas, there is the KTVE television tower, a guyed TV mast, which is one of the tallest constructions on earth....		Union
Bruno Bruno, Arkansas Bruno is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of five places listed on the National Register of Historic Places:*Aggie Hall, on Co. Rd. 9 *Aggie Workshop, AR 235 Spur*Bruno School Building, Co. Rd. 9...		Marion
Chalk Bluff
Crossroads		Pulaski		1957	Submerged in Lake Maumelle	Town and Cemetery under water. Located Hwy 10/Hwy 113.
Daleville
Eros Eros, Arkansas Eros is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Arkansas, United States....		Marion
Four Gum Corner
Fort Douglas
Graysonia Graysonia, Arkansas Graysonia was once a boomtown in Clark County, Arkansas, United States, but has since become a ghost town. It is located on a dirt road in what is now known locally as "the middle of nowhere", halfway between Arkadelphia and Alpine. There are no populated communities in its vicinity and only a few...		Clark Clark County, Arkansas Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 22,995. The county seat is Arkadelphia.The Arkadelphia Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Clark County.-Geography:...	1902	1951	Ruins
Greenway Greenway, Arkansas Greenway is a town in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 244 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greenway is located at ....
Kimberly Kimberly, Arkansas The incorporated town of Kimberly, a sparsely inhabited area on the south side of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, began in late 1908 as an ill-fated land-development project spanning almost . At the time, the recently discovered Arkansas diamond field was still generating a speculative heyday, and the...		Pike Pike County, Arkansas Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 11,291. The county seat is Murfreesboro. Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak...	1908	1911	Incorporated into Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, Arkansas Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pike County....
Lewisburg		Conway	1831			Was the county seat County seat A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....  of Conway County until 1883.
Monte Ne		Benton Benton County, Arkansas Benton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 153,406. The U.S. Census Bureau 2010 population is 221,339. The county seat is Bentonville. Benton County was formed on 30 September 1836 and was named after Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S...	1901	1932	Submerged in Beaver Lake Beaver Lake (Arkansas) Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some of natural shoreline...
Napoleon Napoleon, Arkansas Napoleon is a ghost town in Desha County, Arkansas, United States, near the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers. Once the county seat of Desha County, Napoleon was flooded when the banks of the Mississippi River burst through and destroyed the once-thriving river port town.The town...		Desha Desha County, Arkansas Desha County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,008. The county seat is Arkansas City. Desha County is Arkansas's 40th county, formed on December 12, 1838, and named for Captain Benjamin Desha who fought in the War of...			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 Arkansas County, Arkansas Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. The county has two county seats, De Witt and Stuttgart...			Barren site

External links

• Ghost Towns of Arkansas
• Ghost Towns of Arkansas
• Missing Ghost Towns of Arkansas
• Arkansas Memory Project - Rush Ghost Town
• Arkansas Ghost Towns - Treasure Quest Metal Detecting