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Old Union

Ghost town · Howard County, Arkansas

Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)
Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Old Union is a ghost town in Howard County, Arkansas. It is one of 34 former communities in Howard County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd 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 Umpire 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 34.3382° N, 94.0960° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleUmpire
Elevation1,008 ft
Nearest living townWickes, AR
Distance to it13.5 miles
GNIS feature ID62646
Coordinates34.33816, -94.09603

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
Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)

Left: Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 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 Wickes, AR (population 895), about 13.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,008 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 Howard County, Arkansas, at 34.3382, -94.0960.

How many ghost towns are in Howard County?

Howard County, Arkansas has 34 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.