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Fly Gap

Ghost town · Franklin County, Arkansas

St. Paul quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500)
St. Paul quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fly Gap is a ghost town in Franklin County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Franklin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 33rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fly Gap as a historical populated place on the Saint Paul 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 35.7523° N, 93.8052° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSaint Paul
Elevation1,891 ft
Nearest living townSt. Paul, AR
Distance to it5.6 miles
GNIS feature ID74622
Coordinates35.75230, -93.80519

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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.

Fly Gap today, aerial view
St. Paul quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500)

Left: St. Paul quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 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

Fly Gap is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is St. Paul, AR (population 80), about 5.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,891 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 Fly Gap?

Fly Gap is in Franklin County, Arkansas, at 35.7523, -93.8052.

How many ghost towns are in Franklin County?

Franklin County, Arkansas has 10 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.