10 SMALLEST Towns in ARKANSAS

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    Have you ever wondered what the smallest towns in Arkansas look like? Well I literally went to all four corners of the state to find these hidden gems. All of these towns are incorporated, so if you think there is a town missing then it's probably because it's unincorporated. This list was made from the 2020 US Census. All these towns range from 50 at the largest down to only 20 people at the smallest. Have you been to any? Some of them are small from natural decline, while others seem to be tiny by design. It was a lot of fun exploring around Arkansas and visiting all of them! Hopefully you'll find it interesting as well!
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    0:00 Tinsman
    3:06 Wiederkehr Village
    5:34 Ozan
    8:13 Whelen Springs
    10:37 Blue Eye
    13:50 Corinth
    16:42 Birdsong
    20:03 McNab
    22:44 Gilbert
    25:25 Jerome
    29:20 Victoria
    32:49 Final Thoughts and Outtakes
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  • @vickiwood9192
    @vickiwood9192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you for not making fun of the dilapidated buildings. I'm a life long Arkansan, and I hate the channels that make fun of impoverished small owns and communities. New subscriber.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thank you! I'm from a place that is similiar to these towns, so I can relate to what it's like to live there. I appreciate the support!!

    • @melaniexoxo
      @melaniexoxo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I find those communities most attractive. They can definitely be revitalized.

    • @janinedahl-labbe9220
      @janinedahl-labbe9220 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hope to get back my place I love most..Newton County Arkansas. Beautiful and so much to do and explore still
      Ozark mountains are so Beautiful

    • @JessicaLikeEveryone
      @JessicaLikeEveryone หลายเดือนก่อน

      it should be adressed they look horrible and ran down house value

    • @vickiwood9192
      @vickiwood9192 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@JessicaLikeEveryone Mr. Wise, the owner of this channel, likes to explore off-the-beaten-path locations and small towns that have been forgotten, or almost forgotten, over time. He tries to give interesting history about those areas. He is always kind and positive in his remarks. I have watched other travel channels and have heard those channel owners make derogatory and malicious remarks about poor communities. I don't watch those channels anymore. If you want commentary about property values, I respectfully suggest you watch real estate channels.

  • @kristinakahila8914
    @kristinakahila8914 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the way you are conducting yourself, your demeanor. Around these real small towns.

  • @jack120147
    @jack120147 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I have lived in central Arkansas for 75 years, and I haven’t been to any of these towns. Thank you for enlightening me on my own state.
    I liked the way you put this presentation together for these reasons:
    1. I liked your demeanor. You were educating your audience regarding these very small towns, yet you did so in a very positive manner, without putting down the places or people. You showed considerable restraint in depicting Victoria after being told to leave. That unfriendliness was an embarrassment to me and my fellow Arkansans. 2. I liked the music, which seemed to fit the small town mode. 3. I liked the camera work, and the drone aerials really gave us a wonderful aerial view of the towns.
    Thank you for this inspiring video of what Arkansas’ smallest towns now look like, and the history from which they sprung.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aww thank you! That’s very kind of you to say. I love the small towns and think they deserve respect. I had a great time exploring Arkansas for this video 😊

  • @diannabrown7754
    @diannabrown7754 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So much for southern hospitality in Victoria. Love these small town videos.

  • @brendacejda7069
    @brendacejda7069 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I go weak in the knees for old stone or brick buildings. If I had to pick a favorite city, Corinth would be it due to the old stone church. Looks like it's in pretty good shape.....? But, love the name Birdsong, and would certainly be fun to say that's where I live! Aerial footage shows so many treeeeees!!! Arkansas is a beautiful state indeed! Very enjoyable video! Thank you!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! These are always fun to put together! I love the old buildings as well - I just want to know more about Corinth! So much green in Arkansas right now!

  • @gdroege44
    @gdroege44 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow 34+ minutes! You’ve created a masterpiece. You continue to inspire us about these small gems of history. 🏆

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman52 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I had a laugh when you were swatting at that ..whatever it was...at Victoria. It might have been one of those Arkansas flatland mosquitoes. Those buggers are huge and man, can they bite..!! I was born in Memphis and spent my entire Elementary years in a small farm town not far from Victoria, and right next to the Mississippi River, in Osceola.
    Yes, the flat lands have their own beauty: farm land that stretches forever to the far distant horizon, the beautiful, straight row crops, the winding water filled rice fields, the hundreds of golden round bales of hay that look like scattered checkers across the fields, and other features of the endless flat lands.
    But my heart is in the hills and mountains. The first time I saw the foothills of the Ozarks and the crystal clear Ozark Mountains lakes, I was hooked. My life sent me to other places from one coast to the other and I got to see and love all of the different kinds of geography of these United States, but I guess because of my childhood memories, I was always drawn back to the Ozarks and it's foothills.
    I am now 71 and I have been back here in north central Arkansas for 23 years. Yes, Arkansas, and every other State, has it's own beauty and history. I am thankful that I live in America.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it was just an annoying fly 😂😂 Terrific post - I appreciate you thoughts! Thank you very much!

  • @kat8434
    @kat8434 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good morning, great day to drive through Arkansas. Enjoy your day! Well, gosh, your in the senior park, I would be over swinging on the swings. 🤣

  • @bglrj
    @bglrj ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Well, I must really be a fan. I took your eviction from Victoria personally.

  • @MrCaronhalt
    @MrCaronhalt ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like all your videos and how you document the small towns. I love small towns and would never have the opportunity to visit so many of them if it were not for you. Thank you so much.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I’m glad others can enjoy it like me!

  • @shirleymartin8190
    @shirleymartin8190 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was born and raised in Arkansas and lived in Trumann in Northeast Arkansas. However, when I was 16 (1967), I use to go to Birdsong with my friends. There was a little "juke joint" that was always packed. Of course, my parents didn't know we went there; I remember having my first alcoholic beverage, which I purchased myself! Thanks for bringing back pleasant memories.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Birdsong was a really nice little town - I loved finding it!

    • @deano1438
      @deano1438 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lake City gal here

    • @gailrasberry5882
      @gailrasberry5882 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I live right down the road in Bay! I'm shocked, our little town seems BIG compared to these! LOL

  • @sallymatthew4257
    @sallymatthew4257 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the video! Arkansas is so beautiful! Canoed the Buffalo river as a kid. All the towns so interesting in there own way hard to pick a favorite!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! I’ve had a lot of people tell me about the Buffalo River, I’m going to need to go back someday!

  • @ChubbyJontheBartender
    @ChubbyJontheBartender 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Grew up around Birdsong, and farm worked all around it as a teen. That longer shaped white cinderblock building was the old store. The metal frame in front enclosed the old gas pump, if you wanted gas the sweet old lady that ran the store would come out and remove the padlock, it was super expensive but the next closest gas was in Tyronza. The store had great made to order sandwiches everyday and bbq on Fridays. Really was a time capsule when I was there in the late 90s. If you are standing in front of the store, the house up on the hill behind you was an old bootlegger that would sell you beer for a $1 a can on sundays, since you cant buy alcohol in Arkansas on Sunday.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the comment - very interesting! I love it when someone adds context to somewhere I know very little about!

    • @LessieHill
      @LessieHill หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The old lady’s name was Bernice, and yes sir the best sandwiches ever, my grandparents live there and you just gave me the best memories

  • @stevehilliard1495
    @stevehilliard1495 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Been to Blue Eye and Gilbert many times, Blue Eye has a lot of winning athletics and pretty girls 😊. The music was great in this video and thanks for including a dog. Looking forward to seeing what is next 😎

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I must have missed the pretty girls! 😂 thank you very much! I think we’ll be heading back to California next week. 😊

  • @svetozarevic
    @svetozarevic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My top place is Wiederkehr great wine, and a cottage by that lake and I like that feeling of Arkansas plains with that Switzerland flavour.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was definitely a beautiful area! And seemed like lots to do for someone to visit.

  • @faithgibbs4913
    @faithgibbs4913 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow. That was very interesting. I liked Birdsong best. So quiet. My dad was from Arkansas and we visited many small towns there as children. I saw one on your map. Tyronza was a destination we visited many times. Thanks for the great video.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Birdsong would be high up on the list for me too. Sounds like a great dad!

  • @juliogonzales5441
    @juliogonzales5441 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love small towns...and the history you give us..thanks 😊

  • @blackngoldgal65
    @blackngoldgal65 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks for creating this video. Enjoyed it very much. Live about 10 miles from Victoria. Johnny Cash homeplace is at Dyess, about 15 from Victoria, back southwest. All in same
    County of MissCo (Mississippi County), 100 percent agricultural area. We grow lots of crops: cotton, corn, milo, peanuts, soybeans and some rice. Again, thanks, and come back sometime.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I had a blast making this video except for when I got kicked out of Victoria 😂😂

  • @francisbarlow9904
    @francisbarlow9904 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fascinating places, especially Victoria. I had no idea a town could be privately owned and to be honest you looked quite shocked too. I really love your posts and I for one am astonished by the vastness of the USA. Thanks John, yet another educational and interesting video!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I was very surprised! Especially after I told her what I was doing. Oh well. Thanks for watching!

  • @RSDavis-fb1go
    @RSDavis-fb1go 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really enjoyed your video. Thanks so much!

  • @dnayf6323
    @dnayf6323 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the tour. Well done. My whole family for gerations been here... yes some is broken down and crumbling...that is the nature of change. ❤❤❤

  • @charlenevarada--Stargazer
    @charlenevarada--Stargazer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'll be moving to Arkansas in mid August as my "family" has other family there. I'm all excited because of this video showing the beauty of that state. I've ALWAYS loved little towns too. 😊

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lot of interesting places in Arkansas. Very different from north to south!

  • @gayleroberts-stewart3016
    @gayleroberts-stewart3016 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Those buildings with the patchwork stone veneer siding are called "giraffe houses" because of the reticulated patterns. It's a regional style, not found in areas without limestone outcroppings to provide the sheets of stone.

  • @debbiefunderburg7746
    @debbiefunderburg7746 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve lived in Arkansas all my life, fourth generation and I learned a lot from your video. Thank you for your presentation.

  • @tyquin1414
    @tyquin1414 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love to see my state finally get some love! Sometimes I feel like half of Americans couldn’t find it on a map if their lives depended on it. Such an overlooked state. Great content man! Keep it up!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much! I had a lot of fun traveling around your state 😊

  • @lifewithjosef
    @lifewithjosef ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your drone footage and choice of music.
    As always...

  • @janicephillips4746
    @janicephillips4746 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for this video. Arkansas is my home state and I had no idea that these small towns existed. I am an elementary school teacher in Saint Louis and this video would be great to share for Social Studies

  • @peterselten500
    @peterselten500 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi john thanks for the tour the old genral store is my pick an they must want to keep the undesiribles out of town 😂😂 an it was good seeing the photos of old towns. Cheers mate🇦🇺

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Yes that old store was really great! They had a lot of stuff and food too! It was a fun trip 😊

  • @kaymerry369
    @kaymerry369 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. Arkansas is a beauty with it's tree covered landscape. These areas are way above average in history & churches. Another great video. Thanks John for another great adventure . Nice you were only told to hit the road . Ha!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Luckily Wesson didn’t bring out a Wesson! 😂😂

  • @donalddday7741
    @donalddday7741 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lived in Witts Springs 11th 12th grades left 1972 still a small town but seems rich people have moved in and cut down almost all trees, we had 40 acres almost totally full of trees they are all gone

  • @25arkie
    @25arkie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in Pine Bluff but currently live in Colorado. Thanks so much for showing my home state. Although I like Colorado, I miss the green and water that Arkansas has to offer

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice! It was my pleasure exploring around the state! Thanks for watching!

    • @Castleknight
      @Castleknight หลายเดือนก่อน

      I live in central AR, but I have to say moving to CO, was a step up from Pine Bluff. Pine Bluff's population is decreasing fast.

  • @watsonneal8041
    @watsonneal8041 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My great uncle was one of the senior farm employees at Wesson Farms in Victoria for many years. He and my grandfather got special permission for us to fish on the pond at the Wesson house, which was notable because outside of the train and the land around it, visitors were generally not welcome. Nearly all of the town is a working farm and private property. People don’t just go there to hang around.

  • @GhostTactical
    @GhostTactical 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live in NC Arkansas... There are a lot of small towns up here that are pretty cool.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I bet! Would love to visit them someday!

  • @chriscosby2459
    @chriscosby2459 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the video Wiseguy. The only town on your list I have been to is Gilbert. I have floated down the Buffalo River. Gilbert is a nice town, I like nearby Ponca, Arkansas too.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seems like Gilbert would be a fun place to hang out and float down the river! That general store was cool!

  • @glorias8540
    @glorias8540 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Loved this video, as usual! Arkansas is definitely a beautiful state!
    I grew up in SE Missouri, just 12 miles from Arkansas. I have personally witnessed some of the "No Outsiders Welcome" attitudes.😊
    Safe travels!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @emberrain7050
      @emberrain7050 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Heck in the late 80's to get from Paragould to Leachville you had to go up into the boothill and back down into Arkansas. What you saw a few miles past the Welcome to Arkansas sign was the This highway is adopted by the KKK sign almost immediately followed by the Welcome to Leachville sign. I was born in Paragould and spent two years in Leachville. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

  • @mariacompton1416
    @mariacompton1416 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very well done video !

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was interesting, and most of the towns looked nice even if not what they used to be. I liked Gilbert especially. Thanks for the tour. Oh, yes, I really like the music that you use for your videos. It always seems to fit. 😊

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much! It was a fun trip and I enjoyed learning about these tiny towns!

  • @peacensimplicity1811
    @peacensimplicity1811 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Moved to a small town in Arkansas for a couple years, I miss the people and culture there. I long to go back everday. Big city life definitely is not for ne anymore. Thank you for the nice walk down memory lane😊

  • @papabear562
    @papabear562 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I liked the looks of Blue Eye, both states! Good video!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! Yeah Blue Eye was an interesting town (or towns haha)

  • @adventurebythemile
    @adventurebythemile ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Silex, Missouri where I grew up has maybe 10 people in the actual town. The government moved the whole town because of flooding.

    • @elizabethmurray3221
      @elizabethmurray3221 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My brother grew up in that area. I didn’t realize they moved the town.

  • @RojoOkie
    @RojoOkie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have family in Ozark next town over from Wiederkehr's winery love visiting their winery and Post winery too

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seemed like a popular place when I was there!!

    • @garygrow8373
      @garygrow8373 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Post Winery is the best. We stop by once a year to stock up on the Muscadine Wine. I like it. Others say it is an acquired taste. Lol. Thanks for a good video.

  • @user-ds4hz4dd9e
    @user-ds4hz4dd9e 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I grew up in Clover Bend in northeast Arkansas. We had the school, 2 little stores and 4 church’s. There was maybe 100 people living there. Now it is on the historical registry. It has the church’s still and a duck hunting lodge and rice fields.

  • @dalewarren3267
    @dalewarren3267 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I moved to Arkansas in 1980 and stayed. I'm from a small community in Tennessee called Turnersville. It's a lot like the beautiful places you have shown here! Thank You for going off the beaten path to share this with us! I really enjoy the instrumental music in the background. Would you please tell me where I can get a copy of that music? It makes my heart settle down and is very calming. BTW, I will never leave Arkansas... I have found my forever home. I'm here to stay!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you! All the music is in the description below the video. It’s all from TH-cam’s free library 😊

  • @sharondavis3897
    @sharondavis3897 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this. Makes me want to travel. Have seen a lot of Arkansas. So beautiful. I'm from the country in FL. Love it too.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much! It’s a very beautiful state!

  • @ronalddailey5208
    @ronalddailey5208 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The town that wine built , was interesting. Great video

  • @glorialewis4603
    @glorialewis4603 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting! Thank you!

  • @chloeew4627
    @chloeew4627 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done mate . Easy to watch and listen. Cheers from Oz.😊

  • @PhateScreams
    @PhateScreams 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Arkansas had another Internment Camp in Rohwer, AR. Both George Takei and Ruth Asawa were both relocated there as children.

  • @user-rk9hp8gl5q
    @user-rk9hp8gl5q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good job ❤
    Have a great day ❤

  • @frankwoods4532
    @frankwoods4532 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Being someone that enjoys my own company any one of these places would do.

  • @richardnorthcutt1462
    @richardnorthcutt1462 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in McNabb late 1960’s early 1970’s..I lived across Hwy 355 from the whit brick store building.. my grandparents owned the store in mid 1970’s…

  • @aliceevans3357
    @aliceevans3357 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love Arkansas, such a pretty state. Some really pretty and some interesting towns. Of course you got to visit with a town pup. I had to laugh, the town of Victoria though only having a population of 20 includes a town Karen. Hopefully you encounter more friendly people than not. Happy Independence day 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Stay safe and GOD bless

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haha I won’t hold it against her. Although I did find it a bit strange to not be able to walk around and take some pictures since it was a pretty town! The private town thing is interesting. It was a fun trip nevertheless! Thank you very much!

  • @JeremyLeePotocki
    @JeremyLeePotocki 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been through Blue Eye many times on my way to Branson. It's a nice drive through town. There is one thing about all these places that you will not find in any other Arkansas town..... a Dollar General.

  • @bertholini2810
    @bertholini2810 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They kicked you out, well, that was bizarre. I like the length of this video, 20 to 30 minutes is fine by me. I'll say it again, that drone helps a lot. Nice video, be good, be safe !!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I can’t always make ‘em that long but glad you liked it!

  • @sueturney5231
    @sueturney5231 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful farmland, check out N. E Ar., towns such as Cash, Bono and Egypt

  • @justicejournee5330
    @justicejournee5330 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We are in Fairfield Bay one of the most beautiful places in Ar not the smallest Fairfield Bay has a pop 2000 and is around 15 miles, Greers Ferry beside us is pop 826, and 7,228 miles compared to other places we consider them fairly small. (Van Buren County) we welcome you to come and visit!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for the invitation! Fairfield Bay sounds great!

  • @DavidsExecutiveTouch17
    @DavidsExecutiveTouch17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good morning Brother, enjoyed this video. Not all Small Towns are Small town Friendly, as seems to be the case with #1 on the list, Victoria. That's one place, the only place on the list that we likely WILL NOT visit in the near future.
    My wife had mentioned a couple of small, likely now non existent towns in Arkansas in which her family had a connection. Those 2 were Dod(?) City & Yelville/Yellville. They may be a couple to research, who knows, it may be friendlier locals....

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve been to Yellville. Really nice little town. I had thought about doing a video about it someday! Thanks for watching!

    • @rhiminee1
      @rhiminee1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As a local resident to the area you're talking about, I can tell you that Dodd City doesn't really exist anymore. You can still search it on a map but it is no longer a town. Yellville absolutely is still around though, it's the county seat actually with a population of over 1,000. It has a cute historic downtown square, restaurants, K-12 school, several churches, businesses, and a nice park.

    • @DavidsExecutiveTouch17
      @DavidsExecutiveTouch17 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rhiminee1 thank you for this info. We're going to have to make it down that way sometime.

  • @lynnlawson5980
    @lynnlawson5980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Enjoying your page I was waiting to see what Barton Arkansas and Onida Arkansas looks like now right out side West Helena

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hopefully I can visit them someday!

    • @maviswinnfree9148
      @maviswinnfree9148 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I grew up visiting my cousins at Barton Ar. I lived at Lambrook Ar,about 8 miles from Elaine,where our schools were. I hear that there is nothing there anymore in Elaine. It was a great place to grow up. Hardware store and Diner is still there .

  • @dewaynejay1032
    @dewaynejay1032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great history

  • @camsler
    @camsler 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Weather tidbit: In the winter, Gilbert is consistently the coldest place in Arkansas.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw that on the sign leading into town 😊

  • @susanbackus157
    @susanbackus157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live in Arkansa and for most of my life raised in Augusta. It has in a decline since I left in 1971. Down town was thriving at that time….so much fun as a kid going to the drug store for sodas after school! Now it’s gone as well as most businesses. Going back to class reunions and seeing this is really saddening. 😢. I am sure those watching this that have lived in the towns you are referencing feel the same way. Thank you!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Unfortunately that is a pretty common story for many people 😞

    • @evacoffee5491
      @evacoffee5491 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have family that lived there. My maternal grandparents are buried there.

  • @bethstuckeymclain5718
    @bethstuckeymclain5718 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So interesting! I’m from a small town in Arkansas myself- New Edinburg, Arkansas in Cleveland County (south of Pine Bluff between Fordyce and Warren). The “official” population as of 2020 is 134, but I wonder if there’s that many people left there. We lived there until I was 6 years old. Love the history in these small towns.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I agree - these towns are very interesting to visit and learn about their histories 😊

  • @adventurebythemile
    @adventurebythemile ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just got from Blue Eye, Missouri I rented a cabin out in the woods.

  • @Texashog11
    @Texashog11 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ozan is prounced O-zan, not O-zahn. I was born and raised in Hope just south of Ozan and one of my best friends is from McNab. Been to half of these. Enjoyed your take on it and recognized the beauty of the state, even its poor areas. The people (old natives at least) are very friendly and good people.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! It was fun and I really enjoyed the trip!

    • @melissamitchell2162
      @melissamitchell2162 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm from Blevins, AR, also a small town, but McCaskill ,the town West of us, only has a population of 96! I enjoyed watching this.

  • @user-mr8sc4ns5y
    @user-mr8sc4ns5y 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Poor man got kicked out of 2 small towns but it was a fun trip..Little did they know their actions would land up on UTube for thousands of others to see and it reflect on their little town's...❤ the trip tho...Thanks

  • @patsteele2120
    @patsteele2120 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There used to be 2 towns in Arkansas. One was destroyed in 1927 by a tornado. After the tornado, the town was rebuilt and is now called Strong. It is in Union County.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

    • @patsteele2120
      @patsteele2120 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The town, now called Strong, Arkansas was a busy train stop. It was called Victoria then in 1927 a huge tornado wiped the town off the map killing many townspeople. When they rebuilt the town they renamed it Strong. Has less then 1000 people left in the city. The used to have 1 red light but that was taken down years ago.

    • @dottiecalderon8759
      @dottiecalderon8759 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Living and working on crosset I used to go to strong to make booze runs
      Ashley county is dry.

    • @patsteele2120
      @patsteele2120 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dottiecalderon8759 , let me guess. Store at the top of the hill or Teddy Bear's?

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have driven through Birdsong.😮

  • @perseusguy
    @perseusguy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another interesting tour, thank you. Actually, Wiederkehr means Return in German, and Ozan is Turkish and means Poet.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome - thanks!

    • @pigoff123
      @pigoff123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wiederkehr has a good German restaurant. It is not like the ones in Germany but pretty close.

    • @deano1438
      @deano1438 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pronounced with a V also

  • @georgewilson1184
    @georgewilson1184 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You should explore the communities of Appleton in pope county and Jerusalem in Conway county I believe Arkansas rt 9 out of Morrilton north will get you where you want to go the counties to concentrate on are Pope Conway & VanBuren I have not been down there in 20 years but that’s where all my Dads people are from I live in a suburb of Chicago

  • @dottiecalderon8759
    @dottiecalderon8759 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My relitives all live around Hamburg, crosset ,Fountain Hill.

  • @mathewhephill8686
    @mathewhephill8686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @robertberry6655
    @robertberry6655 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting. I'll be going to Arkansas tomorrow for a few days. I'm going to Mountain Home, Arkansas. Slightly bigger than these towns you were just in. I see you were just in my home town of Greenfield, Mo. a couple of days ago. You actually interviewed my brother Donald. I'll be watching for your video of Greenfield, Mo. Thanks, Robert

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh wow that’s awesome! Donald seemed like a great guy - he gave a good interview too! Thank you very much!

    • @robertberry6655
      @robertberry6655 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Just wondering when you will be posting the video about Greenfield, Mo. Thanks You.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertberry6655 Planning to next Sunday

    • @robertberry6655
      @robertberry6655 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Thank you.

  • @winstonbelisle3560
    @winstonbelisle3560 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have been to Victoria, not far from Wilson, Ark. I was going to Memphis, the back way. Interesting drive. 😀

  • @TheSkeetergirl
    @TheSkeetergirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You were in Blue Eye but somehow you missed Urbanette. Fun video!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Are you saying Urbanette should be on this list of the 10 smallest incorporated towns?

  • @FixIt1975
    @FixIt1975 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nice. Never been there. It looks like you were near Blytheville. Did you happen to go through there? I heard it's pretty run down.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually stayed a night there! It was very run down.

    • @maviswinnfree9148
      @maviswinnfree9148 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TravelwithaWiseguyI have family that lived in Blytheville all their live's. They moved to Flippin and Mountain home to get away from the blight of this run down town. Was a nice place to live when the Air ForceBase was there. Met my husband there when he was in the Air Force.

  • @sueelliott3206
    @sueelliott3206 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. I think Victoria needs a 10 foot fence with locked gates if they don't want people to walk around.
    The cemetery at Birdsong, I think, is the smallest I've ever seen. TFS

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Yes Victoria might need to at least put up some signs! 😂

  • @rossbryan6102
    @rossbryan6102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A NICE TRIP TODAY!
    MUCH OF THE AREA NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WOULD BE SWAMPLAND , IF NOT FOR MODERN DIRT MOVING MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL PUMPS!
    THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND
    LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
    THAT RECEIVE TAXES TO CONTROL AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE SWAMP LANDS!
    WITH THE RICHNESS OF FORMER SWAMP SOIL, AGRICULTURE BENEFITS GREATLY!
    BEMIS IS A NAME I HAVE NOT SEEN OR THOUGHT OF FOR MANY YEARS!
    AS PART OF OUR FORMER FARM OPERATION WE HAD A SEED CLEANING MILL
    AND USED MANY BAGS TO CONTAIN THE CLEANED SEEDS, WITH MOST BEING THE JUTE
    “ GUNNY” BAGS.
    HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT CLOSELY WOVEN, AND VERY SMALL SEEDS WOULD LEAK THROUGH THEM.
    BEMIS BAGS WERE A WOVEN HEAVY COTTON CANVAS BAG THAT WOULD CONTAIN EVERYTHING!
    PROPERLY USED AND CARED FOR WOULD LAST NEARLY FOREVER!
    I WONDER IF THE BEMIS LUMBER CO WAS RELATED TO BEMIS BAG?
    WITH COTTON BEING ALSO GROWN THERE,IT IS POSSIBLE!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s definitely an area I had never been to so it’s interesting to learn about. What a project to make that land suitable for farming! We had some smart pioneers back in the day!

    • @rossbryan6102
      @rossbryan6102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy IT IS ALSO QUITE INTERESTING TO VIEW THE RICE FARMING OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTH EAST MISSOURI,AND COMPARE IT TO KANSAS WHEAT
      PRODUCTION.
      TWO SIMILAR GRAINS, TOTALLY DIFFERENT GROWTH TECHNIQUES.

  • @davidaskew4569
    @davidaskew4569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just watched your behind the scenes and my wife and i loved it fill like we got to know a little more about you

  • @michaeljennings5418
    @michaeljennings5418 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    George Takei and his family spent time in the Jerome Japanese Internment camp.

  • @phabbletty
    @phabbletty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a child growing up on the Louisiana side of the Arkansas state line we was always told the Boogers come from Arkansas. Always been scared of Arkansas.

  • @cjwhite6448
    @cjwhite6448 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My Mom's family lives in Gilbert my dad is buried in Gilbert simatary and back in around 1965-67 I almost drowned in the Buffalo River there

  • @richarddavis3007
    @richarddavis3007 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The town I live in is very small Etawoh Ark in the north east

  • @vernonburns3680
    @vernonburns3680 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting fact about Jerome arkansas. I grew up there. The post office, grocery store and liquor store was all in same building. Had separate cash registers.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting place! Lots of history there.

  • @angrytwizzlers4039
    @angrytwizzlers4039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Right down the road from Jerome is Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery for that internment camp.

  • @patbullard9276
    @patbullard9276 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope you took the time to eat at the restaurant at Wiederkehr Village. Some really good selections on the menu. The Brats and Kraut with German boiled potatoes is my favorite. The restaurant is in the original wine cellar.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately I didn’t have time 😞

    • @patbullard9276
      @patbullard9276 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Would have been a highlight if you could have.

  • @sheryld1957
    @sheryld1957 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well if you are getting kicked out, you must be in the right place! It's funny how silly people are. Maybe someone had come through and done damage to their property. But thank you for risking everything to bring us these amazing places to see!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah it’s hard to know why, but I didn’t really question it. No big deal - still had fun exploring!

  • @paulbrown7324
    @paulbrown7324 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm a native of Holly Grove located in Monroe County,25 miles south of interstate 40 an Brinkley.Theres nothing there anymore,no stores,gas stations,doctors. I was reared in the Deep Elm area.my mom was Bones Father was Brown and Mayo.

  • @divatz78
    @divatz78 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oz-Ann where my family migrated from. Records found in Old Washington

  • @owenmyers1861
    @owenmyers1861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My mamaw was the mayor of tinsman ar in the 80s. I own a couple of acres right in the middle. One of my favorite places to be when I was a kid

    • @owenmyers1861
      @owenmyers1861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The red barn was my papaw's. It was built out of the wood of a really old house that was torn down there.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very nice barn!

  • @douggrove762
    @douggrove762 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I Love it here in Arkansas.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve always enjoyed visiting Arkansas!

  • @Dilldough.
    @Dilldough. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandfather grew up in Blue Eye. His favorite joke was, “I’d sleep in Arkansas and sh** in Missouri.”

  • @landontiner1121
    @landontiner1121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey wiseguy I think it would be very interesting if you came down to southern Oklahoma there is a lot of cool stuff down here there’s a historically black town called tatums and there’s also a town called Leon that’s got an abandoned school

  • @johnmcbee8661
    @johnmcbee8661 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a deer camp about 1 mile from Tinsman. Still looks the same after 40 years. What about New Edinburg, Ar. It used to be a thriving township. You should go see it!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just looked it up and it’s unincorporated so not eligible for this video. But sounds like an interesting community!

  • @timspellman47
    @timspellman47 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad and i had a hunting lease in McNab. There were some strange things that went on there in the 80s. We found a pile of deaad dogs that had been butchered. One of them had their rear end chopped off and were turned inside out and stuck on a stick that was in the ground.

  • @KitKat24531
    @KitKat24531 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, this is very interesting! My people are the Lamberts and there’s a town named Lambert if you could call it a town. It’s near Bismarck, my great uncle William Lambert served in the Senate and was an attorney. My grandmother’s sister Rosa was the first postmaster, she had polio when young and left her paralyzed waist down but she had a beautiful attitude a real Arkansas gem. They’ve all passed away but I’ll never forget them! My dad graduated from Bismarck school then served in the Navy. I’ve been trying to get a school annual 41 to 43, he’s in it several times, as the most likely to succeed, things like that, I can’t find one so if anyone reads this and could tell me how to proceed to find it please reply.

  • @Harleyever
    @Harleyever 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Might be a little big , but how about doing one on Hazen , AR...my kids live there and I may be moving there soon

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looks like an interesting small town, USA type subject. Maybe someday! Good luck with the move!

  • @Judy-pq7sy
    @Judy-pq7sy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are so many more!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are more than 10 of the 10 smallest towns in Arkansas? :)

  • @julieschossow9315
    @julieschossow9315 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think Gilbert was my favorite!

  • @iamone8282
    @iamone8282 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    you were 10 miles from banks it also was a railroad town census puts us at 120 but its probably closer to 70 now

  • @pokemonXD1
    @pokemonXD1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was hoping you were going to mention snowball.
    I'll see if I can get my friends to join me in checking out Gilbert some time.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Snowball is unincorporated thus not eligible for this list. Sounds interesting though!