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Imelda

Ghost town · Montgomery County, Arkansas

Bonnerdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Bonnerdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Imelda is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Montgomery County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 51st among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Imelda as a historical populated place on the Bonnerdale 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 34.4084° N, 93.4160° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBonnerdale
Elevation703 ft
Nearest living townPearcy, AR
Distance to it7.5 miles
GNIS feature ID63512
Coordinates34.40843, -93.41602

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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.

Imelda today, aerial view
Bonnerdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)

Left: Bonnerdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 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

Imelda is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pearcy, AR (population 343), about 7.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 703 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 Imelda?

Imelda is in Montgomery County, Arkansas, at 34.4084, -93.4160.

How many ghost towns are in Montgomery County?

Montgomery 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.