Abandoned Record
About Buck Snort
Buck Snort was an unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The community was also known as Newport, which was the name of the local post office as the Buck Snort name was rejected by the United States Postal Service.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Buck Snort, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Buck Snort is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Buck Snort
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1939 Jonesboro sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Memphis sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Memphis sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Jonesboro sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Lorado sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Jonesboro sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Buck Snort
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Arkansas index.
- Credit23.2 mi SW · Craighead
- Sneed26.1 mi W · Jackson
- Davidsonville29.0 mi NW · Randolph
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Buck Snort, Arkansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4982947.
- USGS GNIS 64665.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).