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Lee

Ghost town · Benton County, Arkansas

Colcord NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Colcord NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lee is a ghost town in Benton County, Arkansas. It is one of 51 former communities in Benton County on the federal names register. No county in Arkansas has more among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lee as a historical populated place on the Colcord NE 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 36.4781° N, 94.5244° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleColcord NE
Elevation1,124 ft
Nearest living townSulphur Springs, AR
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID75581
Coordinates36.47813, -94.52438

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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.

Lee today, aerial view
Colcord NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Colcord NE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 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

Lee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sulphur Springs, AR (population 516), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,124 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 Lee?

Lee is in Benton County, Arkansas, at 36.4781, -94.5244.

How many ghost towns are in Benton County?

Benton County, Arkansas has 51 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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