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Drab

Ghost town · Hempstead County, Arkansas

Blevins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Blevins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Drab is a ghost town in Hempstead County, Arkansas. It is one of 13 former communities in Hempstead County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Drab as a historical populated place on the Blevins 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 33.8443° N, 93.5216° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBlevins
Elevation461 ft
Nearest living townBlevins, AR
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID61456
Coordinates33.84428, -93.52157

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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.

Drab today, aerial view
Blevins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)

Left: Blevins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 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

Drab is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Blevins, AR (population 241), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 461 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 Drab?

Drab is in Hempstead County, Arkansas, at 33.8443, -93.5216.

How many ghost towns are in Hempstead County?

Hempstead County, Arkansas has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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