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Carter

Ghost town · Washington County, Arkansas

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

Carter is a ghost town in Washington County, Arkansas. It is one of 12 former communities in Washington County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carter as a historical populated place on the Sulphur City 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 35.9270° N, 94.0521° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSulphur City
Elevation1,341 ft
Nearest living townElkins, AR
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID65300
Coordinates35.92702, -94.05215

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.

Carter today, aerial view
Sulphur City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Sulphur City 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

Carter is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Elkins, AR (population 3,710), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,341 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 Carter?

Carter is in Washington County, Arkansas, at 35.9270, -94.0521.

How many ghost towns are in Washington County?

Washington County, Arkansas has 12 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.