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Pittman

Ghost town · Clay County, Arkansas

Knobel quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Knobel quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pittman is a ghost town in Clay County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Clay County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 64th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pittman as a historical populated place on the Datto 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 36.4917° N, 90.7112° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDatto
Elevation287 ft
Nearest living townSuccess, AR
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID62512
Coordinates36.49173, -90.71123

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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.

Pittman today, aerial view
Knobel quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Knobel quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 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

Pittman is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Success, AR (population 100), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 287 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 Pittman?

Pittman is in Clay County, Arkansas, at 36.4917, -90.7112.

How many ghost towns are in Clay County?

Clay 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.