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Carnie

Ghost town · Union County, Arkansas

Wesson SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Wesson SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Carnie is a ghost town in Union County, Arkansas. It is the only former community in Union County recorded on the federal names register, out of 777 across Arkansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carnie as a historical populated place on the Wesson SW 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 33.1193° N, 92.9429° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWesson SW
Elevation264 ft
Nearest living townMount Holly, AR
Distance to it13 miles
GNIS feature ID79116
Coordinates33.11930, -92.94294

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.

Carnie today, aerial view
Wesson SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Wesson SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 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

Carnie is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Holly, AR (population 19), about 13 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 264 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.

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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.