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Kratnek

Ghost town · Jefferson County, Arkansas

Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Kratnek is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Arkansas. It is one of 15 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kratnek as a historical populated place on the Humphrey 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 34.4162° N, 91.7335° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHumphrey
Elevation188 ft
Nearest living townHumphrey, AR
Distance to it1.8 miles
GNIS feature ID63938
Coordinates34.41621, -91.73346

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.

Kratnek today, aerial view
Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)

Left: Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 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

Kratnek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Humphrey, AR (population 184), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 188 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 Kratnek?

Kratnek is in Jefferson County, Arkansas, at 34.4162, -91.7335.

How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?

Jefferson County, Arkansas has 15 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.