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Ghost town · Conway County, Arkansas

Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 1:62,500)
Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Index is a ghost town in Conway County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Conway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 49th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Index as a historical populated place on the Morrilton West 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 35.1315° N, 92.8557° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMorrilton West
Elevation993 ft
Nearest living townOppelo, AR
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID66197
Coordinates35.13147, -92.85572

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.

Index today, aerial view
Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 1:62,500)

Left: Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1889, 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

Index is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oppelo, AR (population 1,033), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 993 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 Index?

Index is in Conway County, Arkansas, at 35.1315, -92.8557.

How many ghost towns are in Conway County?

Conway County, Arkansas has 7 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.