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Hearn

Ghost town · Clark County, Arkansas

De Gray quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000)
De Gray quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hearn is a ghost town in Clark County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Clark County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 43rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hearn as a historical populated place on the De Gray 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 34.1387° N, 93.1630° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDe Gray
Elevation418 ft
Nearest living townArkadelphia, AR
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID64997
Coordinates34.13871, -93.16295

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.

Hearn today, aerial view
De Gray quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000)

Left: De Gray quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 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

Hearn is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Arkadelphia, AR (population 10,316), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 418 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 Hearn?

Hearn is in Clark County, Arkansas, at 34.1387, -93.1630.

How many ghost towns are in Clark County?

Clark County, Arkansas has 8 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.