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Akron

Ghost town · Independence County, Arkansas

Newport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Newport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Akron is a ghost town in Independence County, Arkansas. It is one of 10 former communities in Independence County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 32nd among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Akron as a historical populated place on the Newark topographic quadrangle: 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 35.6662° N, 91.4487° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNewark
Elevation240 ft
Nearest living townOil Trough, AR
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID67971
Coordinates35.66619, -91.44874

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Akron today, aerial view
Newport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Newport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Akron is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oil Trough, AR (population 281), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 240 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Akron?

Akron is in Independence County, Arkansas, at 35.6662, -91.4487.

How many ghost towns are in Independence County?

Independence County, Arkansas has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.