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Enon

Ghost town · Carroll County, Arkansas

Denver quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Denver quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Enon is a ghost town in Carroll County, Arkansas. It is one of 17 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Enon as a historical populated place on the Denver 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 36.4623° N, 93.3113° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDenver
Elevation939 ft
Nearest living townBlue Eye, AR
Distance to it5.4 miles
GNIS feature ID69205
Coordinates36.46229, -93.31129

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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.

Enon today, aerial view
Denver quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)

Left: Denver quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 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

Enon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Blue Eye, AR (population 21), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 939 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 Enon?

Enon is in Carroll County, Arkansas, at 36.4623, -93.3113.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Arkansas has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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