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Obin

Ghost town · Grant County, Arkansas

Cane Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Cane Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Obin is a ghost town in Grant County, Arkansas. It is one of 13 former communities in Grant County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Obin as a historical populated place on the Cane Creek 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 34.4095° N, 92.3082° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCane Creek
Elevation304 ft
Nearest living townRedfield, AR
Distance to it7.1 miles
GNIS feature ID60635
Coordinates34.40954, -92.30821

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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.

Obin today, aerial view
Cane Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)

Left: Cane Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 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

Obin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Redfield, AR (population 1,456), about 7.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 304 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 Obin?

Obin is in Grant County, Arkansas, at 34.4095, -92.3082.

How many ghost towns are in Grant County?

Grant County, Arkansas has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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