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Blanchard

Ghost town · Sevier County, Arkansas

De Queen NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
De Queen NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Blanchard is a ghost town in Sevier County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Sevier County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 45th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Blanchard as a historical populated place on the De Queen NW 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 34.1723° N, 94.4641° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDe Queen NW
Elevation813 ft
Nearest living townGillham, AR
Distance to it8.6 miles
GNIS feature ID67358
Coordinates34.17233, -94.46410

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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.

Blanchard today, aerial view
De Queen NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)

Left: De Queen NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 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

Blanchard is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gillham, AR (population 190), about 8.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 813 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 Blanchard?

Blanchard is in Sevier County, Arkansas, at 34.1723, -94.4641.

How many ghost towns are in Sevier County?

Sevier County, Arkansas has 7 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.