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Old Union

Ghost town · Drew County, Arkansas

Cominto quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Cominto quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Old Union is a ghost town in Drew County, Arkansas. It is one of 18 former communities in Drew County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Old Union as a historical populated place on the Collins NW 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 33.7209° N, 91.6957° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCollins NW
Elevation190 ft
Nearest living townMonticello, AR
Distance to it8.7 miles
GNIS feature ID79060
Coordinates33.72094, -91.69568

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.

Old Union today, aerial view
Cominto quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Cominto quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Old Union is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Monticello, AR (population 8,320), about 8.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 190 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 Old Union?

Old Union is in Drew County, Arkansas, at 33.7209, -91.6957.

How many ghost towns are in Drew County?

Drew County, Arkansas has 18 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.