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Meaford

Ghost town · Garland County, Arkansas

Lonsdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Lonsdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Meaford is a ghost town in Garland County, Arkansas. It is one of 13 former communities in Garland County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Meaford as a historical populated place on the Lonsdale 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 34.5248° N, 92.8699° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLonsdale
Elevation545 ft
Nearest living townLonsdale, AR
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID64332
Coordinates34.52481, -92.86989

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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.

Meaford today, aerial view
Lonsdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)

Left: Lonsdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 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

Meaford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lonsdale, AR (population 227), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 545 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 Meaford?

Meaford is in Garland County, Arkansas, at 34.5248, -92.8699.

How many ghost towns are in Garland County?

Garland County, Arkansas has 13 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.