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South Bend

Ghost town · Lincoln County, Arkansas

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

South Bend is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Arkansas. It is one of 11 former communities in Lincoln County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 30th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists South Bend as a historical populated place on the Gillett 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 34.0376° N, 91.4637° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGillett
Elevation169 ft
Nearest living townGould, AR
Distance to it6.7 miles
GNIS feature ID60291
Coordinates34.03760, -91.46373

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.

South Bend today, aerial view
Gillett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Gillett 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

South Bend is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gould, AR (population 513), about 6.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 169 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 South Bend?

South Bend is in Lincoln County, Arkansas, at 34.0376, -91.4637.

How many ghost towns are in Lincoln County?

Lincoln County, Arkansas has 11 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.