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Wadell

Ghost town · St. Francis County, Arkansas

Wynne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Wynne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wadell is a ghost town in St. Francis County, Arkansas. It is one of 9 former communities in St. Francis County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 38th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wadell as a historical populated place on the Hawkins 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 35.0862° N, 90.9571° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHawkins
Elevation203 ft
Nearest living townCaldwell, AR
Distance to it8.4 miles
GNIS feature ID82969
Coordinates35.08620, -90.95706

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.

Wadell today, aerial view
Wynne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Wynne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Wadell is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Caldwell, AR (population 449), about 8.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 203 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 Wadell?

Wadell is in St. Francis County, Arkansas, at 35.0862, -90.9571.

How many ghost towns are in St. Francis County?

St. Francis County, Arkansas has 9 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.