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Altharp

Ghost town · Saline County, Arkansas

Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Altharp is a ghost town in Saline County, Arkansas. It is one of 17 former communities in Saline County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Altharp as a historical populated place on the Spring Lake 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 34.5934° N, 92.3702° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSpring Lake
Elevation403 ft
Nearest living townShannon Hills, AR
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID75610
Coordinates34.59343, -92.37015

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.

Altharp today, aerial view
Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Altharp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shannon Hills, AR (population 4,557), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 403 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 Altharp?

Altharp is in Saline County, Arkansas, at 34.5934, -92.3702.

How many ghost towns are in Saline County?

Saline County, Arkansas has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.