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Shiloh

Ghost town · Cleburne County, Arkansas

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

Shiloh is a ghost town in Cleburne County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Cleburne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 63rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Shiloh as a historical populated place on the Greers Ferry 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 35.5356° N, 92.1396° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGreers Ferry
Elevation461 ft
Nearest living townGreers Ferry, AR
Distance to it3.1 miles
GNIS feature ID69522
Coordinates35.53563, -92.13960

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.

Shiloh today, aerial view
Greers Ferry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Greers Ferry 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

Shiloh is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Greers Ferry, AR (population 959), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 461 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 Shiloh?

Shiloh is in Cleburne County, Arkansas, at 35.5356, -92.1396.

How many ghost towns are in Cleburne County?

Cleburne County, Arkansas has 5 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.