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Winona Springs

Ghost town · Carroll County, Arkansas

Rockhouse quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Rockhouse quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Winona Springs is a ghost town in Carroll County, Arkansas, recorded as defunct Arkansas town. It is one of 17 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Winona Springs as a historical populated place on the Rockhouse 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 36.3328° N, 93.6816° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRockhouse
Nearest living townEureka Springs, AR
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID69248
Coordinates36.33285, -93.68158

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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.

Winona Springs today, aerial view
Rockhouse quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)

Left: Rockhouse quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 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

Winona Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Eureka Springs, AR (population 2,269), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line. 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 Winona Springs?

Winona Springs is in Carroll County, Arkansas, at 36.3328, -93.6816.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Arkansas has 17 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.