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Pless

Ghost town · Pope County, Arkansas

Dardanelle #2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)
Dardanelle #2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pless is a ghost town in Pope County, Arkansas. It is one of 15 former communities in Pope County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pless as a historical populated place on the Knoxville 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 35.4042° N, 93.2652° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKnoxville
Elevation495 ft
Nearest living townLondon, AR
Distance to it5.4 miles
GNIS feature ID79153
Coordinates35.40425, -93.26518

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.

Pless today, aerial view
Dardanelle #2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)

Left: Dardanelle #2 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 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

Pless is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is London, AR (population 1,179), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 495 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 Pless?

Pless is in Pope County, Arkansas, at 35.4042, -93.2652.

How many ghost towns are in Pope County?

Pope County, Arkansas has 15 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.