Widener, AR

united states

Widener is a tiny delta farming town in eastern Arkansas, reachable via Highway 1 about 15 miles northeast of Forrest City. The community of 238 sits amid cotton and soybean fields on the flat Mississippi floodplain. Most visitors arrive from Interstate 40 through Forrest City, with Memphis 45 miles east. The town sits at the intersection of several geometric drainage ditches that create striking straight-line patterns across the surrounding farmland.