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Elberta

Ghost town · Calhoun County, Arkansas

Chambersville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Chambersville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Elberta is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Calhoun County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 44th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Elberta as a historical populated place on the Chambersville 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 33.6979° N, 92.4524° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleChambersville
Elevation245 ft
Nearest living townThornton, AR
Distance to it5.7 miles
GNIS feature ID69988
Coordinates33.69789, -92.45238

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.

Elberta today, aerial view
Chambersville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Chambersville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000), 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

Elberta is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Thornton, AR (population 315), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 245 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 Elberta?

Elberta is in Calhoun County, Arkansas, at 33.6979, -92.4524.

How many ghost towns are in Calhoun County?

Calhoun County, Arkansas has 8 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.