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Chant

Ghost town · Scott County, Arkansas

Y City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:24,000)
Y City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chant is a ghost town in Scott County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Scott County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chant as a historical populated place on the Y City 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 34.7473° N, 94.0758° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleY City
Elevation707 ft
Nearest living townBoles, AR
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID66279
Coordinates34.74732, -94.07576

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.

Chant today, aerial view
Y City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:24,000)

Left: Y City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 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

Chant is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Boles, AR (population 185), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 707 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 Chant?

Chant is in Scott County, Arkansas, at 34.7473, -94.0758.

How many ghost towns are in Scott County?

Scott County, Arkansas has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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