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Jett

Ghost town · Izard County, Arkansas

Melbourne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)
Melbourne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Jett is a ghost town in Izard County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Izard County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 46th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Jett as a historical populated place on the Oxford 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 36.1501° N, 91.8863° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleOxford
Elevation784 ft
Nearest living townViolet Hill, AR
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID65878
Coordinates36.15007, -91.88626

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.

Jett today, aerial view
Melbourne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)

Left: Melbourne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 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

Jett is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Violet Hill, AR (population 67), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 784 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 Jett?

Jett is in Izard County, Arkansas, at 36.1501, -91.8863.

How many ghost towns are in Izard County?

Izard County, Arkansas has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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