Arkansas Junction

Ghost town · Lea County, New Mexico

Monument quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Arkansas Junction is a ghost town in Lea County, New Mexico. It is the only former community in Lea County recorded on the federal names register, out of 177 across New Mexico.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Arkansas Junction as a historical populated place: 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 32.6968° N, 103.3510° W.

Key facts

Nearest living town	Monument, NM
Distance to it	6.6 miles
Coordinates	32.69679, -103.35104

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What's there now

Arkansas Junction is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Monument, NM (population 437), about 6.6 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Shafter Lake
ghost town · Andrews County · 44.8 mi
Fasken
ghost town · Gaines County · 47.6 mi

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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