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Jameson

Ghost town · Searcy County, Arkansas

Marshall quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)
Marshall quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Jameson 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 Jameson as a historical populated place on the Marshall 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 35.9154° N, 92.6585° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMarshall
Elevation934 ft
Nearest living townMarshall, AR
Distance to it0.8 miles
GNIS feature ID69963
Coordinates35.91535, -92.65850

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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.

Jameson today, aerial view
Marshall quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)

Left: Marshall quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 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

Jameson is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marshall, AR (population 1,445), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 934 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 Jameson?

Jameson is in Searcy County, Arkansas, at 35.9154, -92.6585.

How many ghost towns are in Searcy County?

Searcy County, Arkansas has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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