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Wolverton

Ghost town · Mississippi County, Arkansas

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

Wolverton is a ghost town in Mississippi County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Mississippi County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 37th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wolverton as a historical populated place on the Luxora 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 35.7626° N, 89.9101° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLuxora
Elevation252 ft
Nearest living townLuxora, AR
Distance to it1.1 miles
GNIS feature ID61857
Coordinates35.76258, -89.91009

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.

Wolverton today, aerial view
Blytheville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Blytheville 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

Wolverton is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Luxora, AR (population 778), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 252 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 Wolverton?

Wolverton is in Mississippi County, Arkansas, at 35.7626, -89.9101.

How many ghost towns are in Mississippi County?

Mississippi County, Arkansas has 10 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.