Dugger
Ghost town · Searcy County, Arkansas

Dugger is a ghost town in Searcy County, Arkansas. It is one of 12 former communities in Searcy County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dugger as a historical populated place on the Saint Joe 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 36.1148° N, 92.8596° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Saint Joe |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,206 ft |
| Nearest living town | Pindall, AR |
| Distance to it | 3.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 69957 |
| Coordinates | 36.11480, -92.85961 |
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.

Left: St. Joe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 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
Dugger is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pindall, AR (population 212), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,206 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
- Clutesghost town · Searcy County · 5.1 mi
- Big Springsghost town · Marion County · 7.9 mi
- Pedloghost town · Boone County · 9.5 mi
- Mount Pleasantghost town · Boone County · 10.8 mi
- Watkinsghost town · Boone County · 11.3 mi
- Sulphur Springghost town · Newton County · 11.8 mi
- Wells Creekghost town · Newton County · 12.5 mi
- Hallghost town · Searcy County · 13.2 mi
- Zebghost town · Searcy County · 13.2 mi
- Horn Mountainghost town · Searcy County · 13.7 mi
- Sylviaghost town · Marion County · 14.4 mi
- Dry Creekghost town · Searcy County · 15.2 mi
Questions
Where is Dugger?
Dugger is in Searcy County, Arkansas, at 36.1148, -92.8596.
How many ghost towns are in Searcy County?
Searcy County, Arkansas has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.