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Delhi

Ghost town · Calhoun County, Arkansas

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

Delhi is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Calhoun County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 44th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Delhi as a historical populated place on the East Camden 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 33.5007° N, 92.6268° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEast Camden
Elevation133 ft
Nearest living townHampton, AR
Distance to it9.5 miles
GNIS feature ID69987
Coordinates33.50067, -92.62682

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.

Delhi today, aerial view
East Camden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: East Camden 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

Delhi is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hampton, AR (population 1,185), about 9.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 133 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 Delhi?

Delhi is in Calhoun County, Arkansas, at 33.5007, -92.6268.

How many ghost towns are in Calhoun County?

Calhoun County, Arkansas has 8 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.