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Begley

Ghost town · Searcy County, Arkansas

Harriet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Harriet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Begley is a ghost town in Searcy County, Arkansas. It is one of 12 former communities in Searcy County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Begley as a historical populated place on the Harriet 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 35.8856° N, 92.5338° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHarriet
Elevation1,214 ft
Nearest living townLeslie, AR
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID69954
Coordinates35.88563, -92.53377

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.

Begley today, aerial view
Harriet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)

Left: Harriet quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 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

Begley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Leslie, AR (population 442), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,214 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 Begley?

Begley is in Searcy County, Arkansas, at 35.8856, -92.5338.

How many ghost towns are in Searcy County?

Searcy County, Arkansas has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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