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Ruddells

Ghost town · Izard County, Arkansas

Sylamore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Sylamore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ruddells is a ghost town in Izard County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Izard County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 46th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ruddells as a historical populated place on the Sylamore 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 35.9287° N, 92.0918° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSylamore
Elevation332 ft
Nearest living townMountain View, AR
Distance to it4.7 miles
GNIS feature ID65910
Coordinates35.92868, -92.09182

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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.

Ruddells today, aerial view
Sylamore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)

Left: Sylamore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 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

Ruddells is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mountain View, AR (population 2,890), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 332 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 Ruddells?

Ruddells is in Izard County, Arkansas, at 35.9287, -92.0918.

How many ghost towns are in Izard County?

Izard 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.