2024 Map of Manila North

About this map

The low-lying Mississippi River Delta landscape of the Arkansas-Missouri border is defined by a complex grid of drainage canals and the expansive protected wetlands of the Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The settlement of Manila serves as a local hub, situated just west of the Right Hand Chute Little River and south of its Manila Municipal Airport. This region, part of the historically swampy St. Francis Basin, reveals a highly engineered agricultural environment where named ditches like Buffalo Ditch Number 1 and Honey Cypress Ditch Number 34 channel water through former bottomlands to support the towns of Leachville and Buckeye. To the north, the state line between Missouri and Arkansas cuts through the small communities of Arkmo and Rington. For local historians, the presence of Box Elder Cem and small rail-era hamlets like Boynton, Garson, and Pawheen provide touchpoints for tracing family lineage and the evolution of the area's rural transport network.