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Dial

Ghost town · Howard County, Arkansas

Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)
Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dial is a ghost town in Howard County, Arkansas. It is one of 34 former communities in Howard County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dial as a historical populated place on the Umpire 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 34.3390° N, 94.0788° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleUmpire
Elevation868 ft
Nearest living townBoard Camp, AR
Distance to it13.4 miles
GNIS feature ID62569
Coordinates34.33900, -94.07881

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.

Dial today, aerial view
Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)

Left: Umpire quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 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

Dial is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Board Camp, AR (population 76), about 13.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 868 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 Dial?

Dial is in Howard County, Arkansas, at 34.3390, -94.0788.

How many ghost towns are in Howard County?

Howard County, Arkansas has 34 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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