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Henrico

Ghost town · Desha County, Arkansas

Henrico quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Henrico quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Henrico is a ghost town in Desha County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Desha County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 36th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Henrico as a historical populated place on the Snow Lake 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 34.0140° N, 91.0112° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSnow Lake
Elevation158 ft
Nearest living townGunnison, MS
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID63788
Coordinates34.01400, -91.01122

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.

Henrico today, aerial view
Henrico quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Henrico quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Henrico is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gunnison, MS (population 344), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 158 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 Henrico?

Henrico is in Desha County, Arkansas, at 34.0140, -91.0112.

How many ghost towns are in Desha County?

Desha 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.