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Negro Bend

Ghost town · Drew County, Arkansas

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

Negro Bend is a ghost town in Drew County, Arkansas. It is one of 18 former communities in Drew County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Negro Bend as a historical populated place on the Longview 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 33.4182° N, 91.9765° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLongview
Elevation94 ft
Nearest living townLacey, AR
Distance to it7.7 miles
GNIS feature ID79052
Coordinates33.41817, -91.97652

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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.

Negro Bend today, aerial view
Longview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Longview 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

Negro Bend is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lacey, AR (population 684), about 7.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 94 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 Negro Bend?

Negro Bend is in Drew County, Arkansas, at 33.4182, -91.9765.

How many ghost towns are in Drew County?

Drew County, Arkansas has 18 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.