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Sylvia

Ghost town · Marion County, Arkansas

Cozahome quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Cozahome quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sylvia is a ghost town in Marion County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Marion County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 47th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sylvia as a historical populated place on the Cozahome 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 36.1078° N, 92.6024° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCozahome
Elevation919 ft
Nearest living townYellville, AR
Distance to it9.6 miles
GNIS feature ID61025
Coordinates36.10785, -92.60239

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.

Sylvia today, aerial view
Cozahome quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)

Left: Cozahome quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 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

Sylvia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Yellville, AR (population 1,239), about 9.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 919 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 Sylvia?

Sylvia is in Marion County, Arkansas, at 36.1078, -92.6024.

How many ghost towns are in Marion County?

Marion County, Arkansas has 7 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.