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Zama

Ghost town · Nevada County, Arkansas

Bluff City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Bluff City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Zama is a ghost town in Nevada County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Nevada County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Zama as a historical populated place on the Bluff 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 33.6690° N, 93.1696° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBluff City
Elevation353 ft
Nearest living townCale, AR
Distance to it4.6 miles
GNIS feature ID60474
Coordinates33.66900, -93.16961

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.

Zama today, aerial view
Bluff City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)

Left: Bluff City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 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

Zama is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cale, AR (population 75), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 353 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 Zama?

Zama is in Nevada County, Arkansas, at 33.6690, -93.1696.

How many ghost towns are in Nevada County?

Nevada 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.