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Engledale

Ghost town · Crittenden County, Arkansas

Deckerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)
Deckerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Engledale is a ghost town in Crittenden County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Crittenden County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 39th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Engledale as a historical populated place on the Tyronza 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 35.4043° N, 90.2520° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTyronza
Elevation227 ft
Nearest living townTurrell, AR
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID67764
Coordinates35.40425, -90.25204

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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.

Engledale today, aerial view
Deckerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)

Left: Deckerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 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

Engledale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Turrell, AR (population 409), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 227 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 Engledale?

Engledale is in Crittenden County, Arkansas, at 35.4043, -90.2520.

How many ghost towns are in Crittenden County?

Crittenden 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.