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Kimbrough

Ghost town · Lincoln County, Arkansas

Varner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Varner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Kimbrough is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Lincoln County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 30th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kimbrough as a historical populated place on the Cornerstone 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 34.1273° N, 91.6329° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCornerstone
Elevation191 ft
Nearest living townGrady, AR
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID64064
Coordinates34.12732, -91.63290

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.

Kimbrough today, aerial view
Varner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Varner quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500), 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

Kimbrough is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grady, AR (population 262), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 191 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 Kimbrough?

Kimbrough is in Lincoln County, Arkansas, at 34.1273, -91.6329.

How many ghost towns are in Lincoln County?

Lincoln County, Arkansas has 11 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.