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Darysaw

Ghost town · Grant County, Arkansas

Pine Bluff NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)
Pine Bluff NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Darysaw is a ghost town in Grant County, Arkansas. It is one of 13 former communities in Grant County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Darysaw as a historical populated place on the Pine Bluff 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 34.2376° N, 92.2401° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePine Bluff NW
Elevation244 ft
Nearest living townSulphur Springs, AR
Distance to it7.7 miles
GNIS feature ID60623
Coordinates34.23760, -92.24015

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.

Darysaw today, aerial view
Pine Bluff NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)

Left: Pine Bluff NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 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

Darysaw is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sulphur Springs, AR (population 1,035), about 7.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 244 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 Darysaw?

Darysaw is in Grant County, Arkansas, at 34.2376, -92.2401.

How many ghost towns are in Grant County?

Grant County, Arkansas has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.