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Scarb

Ghost town · Craighead County, Arkansas

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

Scarb is a ghost town in Craighead County, Arkansas. It is one of 14 former communities in Craighead County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Scarb as a historical populated place on the Herman 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 35.8587° N, 90.8737° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHerman
Elevation251 ft
Nearest living townEgypt, AR
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID64458
Coordinates35.85869, -90.87373

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.

Scarb today, aerial view
Sedgwick quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Sedgwick 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

Scarb is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Egypt, AR (population 64), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 251 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 Scarb?

Scarb is in Craighead County, Arkansas, at 35.8587, -90.8737.

How many ghost towns are in Craighead County?

Craighead 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.