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Milner

Ghost town · Columbia County, Arkansas

Magnolia NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Magnolia NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Milner is a ghost town in Columbia County, Arkansas. It is one of 2 former communities in Columbia County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 73rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Milner as a historical populated place on the Magnolia 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 33.3810° N, 93.1396° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMagnolia NW
Elevation225 ft
Nearest living townMcNeil, AR
Distance to it4.6 miles
GNIS feature ID59949
Coordinates33.38096, -93.13961

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.

Milner today, aerial view
Magnolia NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)

Left: Magnolia NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 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

Milner is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is McNeil, AR (population 406), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 225 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 Milner?

Milner is in Columbia County, Arkansas, at 33.3810, -93.1396.

How many ghost towns are in Columbia County?

Columbia County, Arkansas has 2 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.