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Holt

Ghost town · Newton County, Arkansas

Mt Judea quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:62,500)
Mt Judea quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Holt is a ghost town in Newton County, Arkansas. It is one of 6 former communities in Newton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 53rd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Holt as a historical populated place on the Lurton 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 35.8404° N, 93.0877° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLurton
Elevation1,027 ft
Nearest living townMount Judea, AR
Distance to it6.2 miles
GNIS feature ID69922
Coordinates35.84036, -93.08767

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.

Holt today, aerial view
Mt Judea quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:62,500)

Left: Mt Judea quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 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

Holt is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Judea, AR (population 69), about 6.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,027 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 Holt?

Holt is in Newton County, Arkansas, at 35.8404, -93.0877.

How many ghost towns are in Newton County?

Newton County, Arkansas has 6 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.