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Edmonson

Ghost town · Independence County, Arkansas

Mt Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:24,000)
Mt Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Edmonson is a ghost town in Independence County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Independence County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 32nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Edmonson as a historical populated place on the Mount Pleasant 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 35.8912° N, 91.8163° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Pleasant
Elevation773 ft
Nearest living townCushman, AR
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID57702
Coordinates35.89118, -91.81626

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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.

Edmonson today, aerial view
Mt Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:24,000)

Left: Mt Pleasant quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 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

Edmonson is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cushman, AR (population 456), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 773 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 Edmonson?

Edmonson is in Independence County, Arkansas, at 35.8912, -91.8163.

How many ghost towns are in Independence County?

Independence County, Arkansas has 10 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.