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Libby

Ghost town · Cleburne County, Arkansas

West Pangburn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
West Pangburn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Libby is a ghost town in Cleburne County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Cleburne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 63rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Libby as a historical populated place on the West Pangburn 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 35.4562° N, 91.9507° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWest Pangburn
Elevation254 ft
Nearest living townWilburn, AR
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID75295
Coordinates35.45619, -91.95070

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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.

Libby today, aerial view
West Pangburn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)

Left: West Pangburn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 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

Libby is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wilburn, AR (population 314), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 254 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 Libby?

Libby is in Cleburne County, Arkansas, at 35.4562, -91.9507.

How many ghost towns are in Cleburne County?

Cleburne County, Arkansas has 5 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.