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Slatington

Ghost town · Montgomery County, Arkansas

Athens quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)
Athens quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Slatington is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Montgomery County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 51st among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Slatington as a historical populated place on the Polk Creek Mountain 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 34.4640° N, 93.8738° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePolk Creek Mountain
Elevation1,065 ft
Nearest living townBlack Springs, AR
Distance to it9.2 miles
GNIS feature ID63624
Coordinates34.46399, -93.87381

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.

Slatington today, aerial view
Athens quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)

Left: Athens quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 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

Slatington is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Black Springs, AR (population 138), about 9.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,065 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 Slatington?

Slatington is in Montgomery County, Arkansas, at 34.4640, -93.8738.

How many ghost towns are in Montgomery County?

Montgomery 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.