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Beard

Ghost town · Woodruff County, Arkansas

Gregory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Gregory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Beard is a ghost town in Woodruff County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Woodruff County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beard as a historical populated place on the Gregory 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 35.1518° N, 91.2807° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGregory
Elevation184 ft
Nearest living townGregory, AR
Distance to it3 miles
GNIS feature ID60648
Coordinates35.15176, -91.28068

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.

Beard today, aerial view
Gregory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Gregory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Beard is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gregory, AR (population 17), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 184 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 Beard?

Beard is in Woodruff County, Arkansas, at 35.1518, -91.2807.

How many ghost towns are in Woodruff County?

Woodruff County, Arkansas has 10 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.