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Millan

Ghost town · Yell County, Arkansas

Dardanelle #3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)
Dardanelle #3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Millan is a ghost town in Yell County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Yell County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 62nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Millan as a historical populated place on the Danville 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 35.1070° N, 93.4007° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDanville
Elevation358 ft
Nearest living townBelleville, AR
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID67911
Coordinates35.10703, -93.40074

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.

Millan today, aerial view
Dardanelle #3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)

Left: Dardanelle #3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 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

Millan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Belleville, AR (population 514), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 358 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 Millan?

Millan is in Yell County, Arkansas, at 35.1070, -93.4007.

How many ghost towns are in Yell County?

Yell County, Arkansas has 5 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.