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Adelaide

Ghost town · Jackson County, Arkansas

Bald Knob quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Bald Knob quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Adelaide is a ghost town in Jackson County, Arkansas. It is one of 6 former communities in Jackson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 52nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Adelaide as a historical populated place on the Velvet Ridge topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.4954° N, 91.5301° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleVelvet Ridge
Elevation630 ft
Nearest living townBradford, AR
Distance to it6.6 miles
GNIS feature ID61805
Coordinates35.49536, -91.53013

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Adelaide today, aerial view
Bald Knob quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Bald Knob quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Adelaide is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bradford, AR (population 513), about 6.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 630 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Adelaide?

Adelaide is in Jackson County, Arkansas, at 35.4954, -91.5301.

How many ghost towns are in Jackson County?

Jackson County, Arkansas has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.