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Plumlee

Ghost town · Newton County, Arkansas

Ponca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Ponca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Plumlee is a ghost town in Newton County, Arkansas. It is one of 6 former communities in Newton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 53rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Plumlee as a historical populated place on the Ponca 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 36.0542° N, 93.2821° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePonca
Elevation911 ft
Nearest living townPonca, AR
Distance to it4.8 miles
GNIS feature ID69937
Coordinates36.05424, -93.28212

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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.

Plumlee today, aerial view
Ponca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)

Left: Ponca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 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

Plumlee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ponca, AR (population 70), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 911 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 Plumlee?

Plumlee is in Newton County, Arkansas, at 36.0542, -93.2821.

How many ghost towns are in Newton County?

Newton County, Arkansas has 6 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.