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Abeles

Ghost town · Arkansas County, Arkansas

Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Abeles is a ghost town in Arkansas County, Arkansas. It is one of 14 former communities in Arkansas County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Abeles as a historical populated place on the Stuttgart South 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 34.4329° N, 91.6154° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleStuttgart South
Elevation193 ft
Nearest living townHumphrey, AR
Distance to it5 miles
GNIS feature ID62149
Coordinates34.43287, -91.61541

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.

Abeles today, aerial view
Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)

Left: Goldman quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 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

Abeles is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Humphrey, AR (population 184), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 193 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 Abeles?

Abeles is in Arkansas County, Arkansas, at 34.4329, -91.6154.

How many ghost towns are in Arkansas County?

Arkansas County, Arkansas has 14 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.