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Banty

Ghost town · Pulaski County, Arkansas

Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Banty is a ghost town in Pulaski County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Pulaski County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Banty as a historical populated place on the Alexander 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 34.7412° N, 92.4960° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAlexander
Elevation542 ft
Nearest living townAvilla, AR
Distance to it6 miles
GNIS feature ID75605
Coordinates34.74120, -92.49599

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.

Banty today, aerial view
Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Alexander quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Banty is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Avilla, AR (population 1,549), about 6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 542 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 Banty?

Banty is in Pulaski County, Arkansas, at 34.7412, -92.4960.

How many ghost towns are in Pulaski County?

Pulaski County, Arkansas has 11 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.