Credit
Ghost town · Craighead County, Arkansas

Credit is a ghost town in Craighead County, Arkansas, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is one of 14 former communities in Craighead County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Credit as a historical populated place on the Grubbs 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 35.7217° N, 91.0057° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Grubbs |
|---|---|
| Nearest living town | Grubbs, AR |
| Distance to it | 6.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 64556 |
| Coordinates | 35.72174, -91.00568 |
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.

Left: Tuckerman 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
Credit is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grubbs, AR (population 363), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line. 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
- Tuscanyghost town · Jackson County · 6 mi
- Haleghost town · Jackson County · 7.6 mi
- Brainerdghost town · Poinsett County · 8.5 mi
- Obearghost town · Craighead County · 9.1 mi
- Wilkinsvilleghost town · Jackson County · 10.2 mi
- Scarbghost town · Craighead County · 12 mi
- Bessieghost town · Lawrence County · 13.8 mi
- Broomghost town · Lawrence County · 15.2 mi
- Marchghost town · Craighead County · 16.9 mi
- Cow Lakeghost town · Jackson County · 18.5 mi
- Buffalolickghost town · Poinsett County · 18.5 mi
- Lockheartghost town · Independence County · 19.5 mi
Questions
Where is Credit?
Credit is in Craighead County, Arkansas, at 35.7217, -91.0057.
How many ghost towns are in Craighead County?
Craighead County, Arkansas has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.