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Departe

Ghost town · Independence County, Arkansas

Huff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Huff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Departe is a ghost town in Independence County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Independence County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 32nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Departe as a historical populated place on the Huff 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 35.5931° N, 91.5035° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHuff
Elevation265 ft
Nearest living townOil Trough, AR
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID68000
Coordinates35.59313, -91.50347

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.

Departe today, aerial view
Huff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)

Left: Huff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 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

Departe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oil Trough, AR (population 281), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 265 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 Departe?

Departe is in Independence County, Arkansas, at 35.5931, -91.5035.

How many ghost towns are in Independence County?

Independence County, Arkansas has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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