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Cruse

Ghost town · Dallas County, Arkansas

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

Cruse is a ghost town in Dallas County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Dallas County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 50th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cruse as a historical populated place on the Princeton West 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 33.9551° N, 92.6668° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePrinceton West
Elevation227 ft
Nearest living townPrinceton, AR
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID60966
Coordinates33.95510, -92.66683

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.

Cruse today, aerial view
Princeton West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Princeton West 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

Cruse is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Princeton, AR (population 5), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 227 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 Cruse?

Cruse is in Dallas County, Arkansas, at 33.9551, -92.6668.

How many ghost towns are in Dallas County?

Dallas County, Arkansas has 7 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.