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Boggy

Ghost town · Miller County, Arkansas

Doddridge NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Doddridge NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boggy is a ghost town in Miller County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Miller County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 58th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boggy as a historical populated place on the Doddridge NW 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 33.2296° N, 93.8871° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDoddridge NW
Elevation254 ft
Nearest living townFouke, AR
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID63073
Coordinates33.22957, -93.88713

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.

Boggy today, aerial view
Doddridge NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)

Left: Doddridge NW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 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

Boggy is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fouke, AR (population 685), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 254 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 Boggy?

Boggy is in Miller County, Arkansas, at 33.2296, -93.8871.

How many ghost towns are in Miller County?

Miller County, Arkansas has 5 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.