Wayfarrow

Rough Edge

Ghost town · Howard County, Arkansas

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

Rough Edge 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 Rough Edge as a historical populated place on the Dierks Dam 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 34.2459° N, 94.0063° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDierks Dam
Elevation689 ft
Nearest living townNewhope, AR
Distance to it7.5 miles
GNIS feature ID62667
Coordinates34.24594, -94.00631

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.

Rough Edge today, aerial view
Dierks Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)

Left: Dierks Dam 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

Rough Edge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Newhope, AR (population 296), about 7.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 689 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 Rough Edge?

Rough Edge is in Howard County, Arkansas, at 34.2459, -94.0063.

How many ghost towns are in Howard County?

Howard County, Arkansas has 34 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.