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Wildcat

Ghost town · Crittenden County, Arkansas

Edmondson quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Edmondson quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wildcat is a ghost town in Crittenden County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Crittenden County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 39th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wildcat as a historical populated place on the Jeanette 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 35.2148° N, 90.4523° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleJeanette
Elevation211 ft
Nearest living townEarle, AR
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID67844
Coordinates35.21481, -90.45232

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.

Wildcat today, aerial view
Edmondson quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Edmondson quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Wildcat is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Earle, AR (population 1,421), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 211 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 Wildcat?

Wildcat is in Crittenden County, Arkansas, at 35.2148, -90.4523.

How many ghost towns are in Crittenden County?

Crittenden County, Arkansas has 8 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.