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Allfriend

Ghost town · Newton County, Arkansas

Osage SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Osage SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Allfriend is a ghost town in Newton County, Arkansas. It is one of 6 former communities in Newton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 53rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Allfriend as a historical populated place on the Osage SW 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 36.1109° N, 93.4107° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOsage SW
Elevation1,466 ft
Nearest living townPonca, AR
Distance to it6.3 miles
GNIS feature ID69914
Coordinates36.11091, -93.41074

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.

Allfriend today, aerial view
Osage SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)

Left: Osage SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 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

Allfriend is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ponca, AR (population 70), about 6.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,466 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 Allfriend?

Allfriend is in Newton County, Arkansas, at 36.1109, -93.4107.

How many ghost towns are in Newton County?

Newton County, Arkansas has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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