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Vanished settlements of Howard County, Arkansas

The Geographic Names Information System records 34 places in Howard County, Arkansas that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.

No longer settlements

34

A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.

Where in the county PlaceWhere it stood Nearest place today Mapped
Amityon Temperanceville Creek, Mineral Springs North quadrangle1.9 miles south of Midway14 sheets, 1951 to 1989
Antimonyon Hunters Creek, Gillham Dam quadrangle4.9 miles north of Duckett Ford14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Battle Hillon Moore Creek, Umpire quadrangle1.8 miles south of Galena18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Bethelon Bethel Branch, Umpire quadrangle1.4 miles north-west of Umpire18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
BissellNewhope quadrangle2.7 miles north of Henry12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Bluff Springson Tobe Branch, Umpire quadrangle1.2 miles south-east of Umpire18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Brushyon Long Creek, Athens quadrangle2.2 miles south-west of Davis Ford16 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Cedar GladeGillham Dam quadrangle3.6 miles north-east of Galena14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Cedar HillUmpire quadrangle1.4 miles north-east of Umpire18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
DialUmpire quadrangle0.4 miles west of Faulkner Springs18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
ForgyMineral Springs North quadrangle1.6 miles north-west of Blue Bayou14 sheets, 1951 to 1989
Hattieon Trout Branch, Newhope quadrangle2.0 miles south-west of Dierks12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
MarthaDierks quadrangle0.5 miles north-east of Bethany14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
MidwayUmpire quadrangle0.8 miles south-west of Mineola18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Mount OliveMineral Springs North quadrangle2.0 miles north-east of Temperanceville14 sheets, 1951 to 1989
Moutonon Indian Creek, Umpire quadrangle1.9 miles west of Umpire18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
New MoonUmpire quadrangle1.3 miles south-east of Mineola18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
New ThompsonAthens quadrangle0.8 miles east of Henry16 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Oak Hillon Holly Creek, Dierks quadrangle2.4 miles south-east of Mount Carmel14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Old EuclidDierks Dam quadrangle2.0 miles north-east of Euclid14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Old Thompsonon Indian Creek, Athens quadrangle1.4 miles north of Athens16 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Old UnionUmpire quadrangle0.6 miles east of Faulkner Springs18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Orebon Flowers Spring Creek, Dierks Dam quadrangle2.4 miles south-east of Euclid14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Pateson Bethel Branch, Athens quadrangle2.1 miles south-west of Davis Ford16 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Pryor Ridgeon Pryor Creek, Baker Springs quadrangle3.1 miles south of Duckett17 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Pump Springson Pump Springs Branch, Nathan quadrangle2.3 miles west of Chapel Hill12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Rosedaleon Brushy Creek, Silver Ridge quadrangle3.6 miles north of Mount Carmel10 sheets, 1951 to 1990
Rough Edgeon Amos Branch, Dierks Dam quadrangle0.9 miles south-west of Davis Ford14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
SalineUmpire quadrangle1.5 miles south of Mineola18 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Slip-Up and Hitchon Long Creek, Newhope quadrangle2.8 miles north of Henry12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
SmyrnaGillham Dam quadrangle2.0 miles north-west of Duckett Ford14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Sunshineon Beech Creek, Dierks quadrangle1.0 miles west of Mount Carmel14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Valley Ridgeon French Creek, Gillham Dam quadrangle3.5 miles north-east of Duckett Ford14 sheets, 1913 to 1986
Wakefieldon Sandy Branch, Mineral Springs North quadrangle0.8 miles south-west of Midway14 sheets, 1951 to 1989

Provenance

  • Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
  • Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
  • Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
  • Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.