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Mock

Ghost town · Randolph County, Arkansas

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

Mock is a ghost town in Randolph County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Randolph County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 26th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mock as a historical populated place on the Maynard 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 36.4459° N, 90.9696° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMaynard
Elevation420 ft
Nearest living townMaynard, AR
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID60420
Coordinates36.44590, -90.96957

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.

Mock today, aerial view
Reyno quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Reyno 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

Mock is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Maynard, AR (population 358), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 420 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 Mock?

Mock is in Randolph County, Arkansas, at 36.4459, -90.9696.

How many ghost towns are in Randolph County?

Randolph 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.