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Wise

Ghost town · Ouachita County, Arkansas

Bragg City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Bragg City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wise is a ghost town in Ouachita County, Arkansas. It is one of 8 former communities in Ouachita County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 42nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wise as a historical populated place on the Bragg City 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 33.6593° N, 92.9321° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBragg City
Elevation122 ft
Nearest living townChidester, AR
Distance to it6 miles
GNIS feature ID64417
Coordinates33.65928, -92.93211

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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.

Wise today, aerial view
Bragg City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Bragg City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 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

Wise is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Chidester, AR (population 347), about 6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 122 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 Wise?

Wise is in Ouachita County, Arkansas, at 33.6593, -92.9321.

How many ghost towns are in Ouachita County?

Ouachita County, Arkansas has 8 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.