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Bailes

Ghost town · St. Francis County, Arkansas

Whitmore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)
Whitmore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bailes is a ghost town in St. Francis County, Arkansas. It is one of 9 former communities in St. Francis County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 38th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bailes as a historical populated place on the Gieseck 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 35.1348° N, 90.5640° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGieseck
Elevation206 ft
Nearest living townJennette, AR
Distance to it8.4 miles
GNIS feature ID82963
Coordinates35.13481, -90.56399

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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.

Bailes today, aerial view
Whitmore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)

Left: Whitmore quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 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

Bailes is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jennette, AR (population 74), about 8.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 206 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 Bailes?

Bailes is in St. Francis County, Arkansas, at 35.1348, -90.5640.

How many ghost towns are in St. Francis County?

St. Francis County, Arkansas has 9 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.