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Academy

Ghost town · Hempstead County, Arkansas

Washington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Washington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Academy is a ghost town in Hempstead County, Arkansas. It is one of 13 former communities in Hempstead County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Academy as a historical populated place on the Washington 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 33.8007° N, 93.7335° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWashington
Elevation441 ft
Nearest living townOzan, AR
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID61438
Coordinates33.80067, -93.73351

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.

Academy today, aerial view
Washington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)

Left: Washington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 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

Academy is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ozan, AR (population 62), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 441 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 Academy?

Academy is in Hempstead County, Arkansas, at 33.8007, -93.7335.

How many ghost towns are in Hempstead County?

Hempstead County, Arkansas has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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