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Askew

Ghost town · Lee County, Arkansas

Park Place quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Park Place quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Askew is a ghost town in Lee County, Arkansas. It is one of 4 former communities in Lee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 67th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Askew as a historical populated place on the Brickeys 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 34.7745° N, 90.5509° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrickeys
Elevation190 ft
Nearest living townNorth Tunica, MS
Distance to it10.9 miles
GNIS feature ID59550
Coordinates34.77454, -90.55094

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.

Askew today, aerial view
Park Place quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Park Place quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Askew is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is North Tunica, MS (population 507), about 10.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 190 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 Askew?

Askew is in Lee County, Arkansas, at 34.7745, -90.5509.

How many ghost towns are in Lee County?

Lee County, Arkansas has 4 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.