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Frickenger

Ghost town · Fulton County, Arkansas

Mammoth Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)
Mammoth Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Frickenger is a ghost town in Fulton County, Arkansas. It is one of 3 former communities in Fulton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 72nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Frickenger as a historical populated place on the Mammoth Spring 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 36.4223° N, 91.5132° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMammoth Spring
Elevation541 ft
Nearest living townMammoth Spring, AR
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID63052
Coordinates36.42229, -91.51320

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.

Frickenger today, aerial view
Mammoth Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)

Left: Mammoth Spring quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 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

Frickenger is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mammoth Spring, AR (population 871), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 541 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 Frickenger?

Frickenger is in Fulton County, Arkansas, at 36.4223, -91.5132.

How many ghost towns are in Fulton County?

Fulton County, Arkansas has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.