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Chappelle

Ghost town · Lee County, Arkansas

Marvell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)
Marvell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chappelle 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 Chappelle as a historical populated place on the Rondo 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 34.6995° N, 90.8746° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRondo
Elevation199 ft
Nearest living townAubrey, AR
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID75250
Coordinates34.69954, -90.87456

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.

Chappelle today, aerial view
Marvell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)

Left: Marvell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 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

Chappelle is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Aubrey, AR (population 104), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 199 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 Chappelle?

Chappelle is in Lee County, Arkansas, at 34.6995, -90.8746.

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.