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Poe

Ghost town · Van Buren County, Arkansas

Shirley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Shirley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Poe is a ghost town in Van Buren County, Arkansas. It is one of 22 former communities in Van Buren County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Poe as a historical populated place on the Shirley 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 35.6623° N, 92.2682° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleShirley
Elevation501 ft
Nearest living townShirley, AR
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID68689
Coordinates35.66230, -92.26821

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.

Poe today, aerial view
Shirley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Shirley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 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

Poe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shirley, AR (population 307), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 501 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 Poe?

Poe is in Van Buren County, Arkansas, at 35.6623, -92.2682.

How many ghost towns are in Van Buren County?

Van Buren County, Arkansas has 22 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.