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Enarc

Ghost town · Prairie County, Arkansas

Kensett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500)
Kensett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Enarc is a ghost town in Prairie County, Arkansas. It is one of 19 former communities in Prairie County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Enarc as a historical populated place on the Jasmine 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 35.0293° N, 91.5510° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleJasmine
Elevation192 ft
Nearest living townDes Arc, AR
Distance to it4.3 miles
GNIS feature ID64720
Coordinates35.02926, -91.55097

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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.

Enarc today, aerial view
Kensett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500)

Left: Kensett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 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

Enarc is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Des Arc, AR (population 1,447), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 192 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 Enarc?

Enarc is in Prairie County, Arkansas, at 35.0293, -91.5510.

How many ghost towns are in Prairie County?

Prairie County, Arkansas has 19 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.