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Era

Ghost town · Miller County, Arkansas

Doddridge quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Doddridge quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Era is a ghost town in Miller County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Miller County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 58th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Era as a historical populated place on the Doddridge 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 33.0332° N, 93.9880° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDoddridge
Elevation274 ft
Nearest living townRodessa, LA
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID63085
Coordinates33.03319, -93.98796

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.

Era today, aerial view
Doddridge quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)

Left: Doddridge quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 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

Era is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rodessa, LA (population 160), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 274 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 Era?

Era is in Miller County, Arkansas, at 33.0332, -93.9880.

How many ghost towns are in Miller County?

Miller County, Arkansas has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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