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Sassafras

Ghost town · Arkansas County, Arkansas

De Witt quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
De Witt quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sassafras is a ghost town in Arkansas County, Arkansas. It is one of 14 former communities in Arkansas County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sassafras as a historical populated place on the De Witt NE 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 34.3868° N, 91.3298° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDe Witt NE
Elevation198 ft
Nearest living townAlmyra, AR
Distance to it4.8 miles
GNIS feature ID62298
Coordinates34.38677, -91.32984

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.

Sassafras today, aerial view
De Witt quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)

Left: De Witt quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 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

Sassafras is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Almyra, AR (population 235), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 198 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 Sassafras?

Sassafras is in Arkansas County, Arkansas, at 34.3868, -91.3298.

How many ghost towns are in Arkansas County?

Arkansas County, Arkansas has 14 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.