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Matoka

Ghost town · Ashley County, Arkansas

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

Matoka is a ghost town in Ashley County, Arkansas. It is one of 5 former communities in Ashley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 59th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Matoka as a historical populated place on the Wilmot SW 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 33.0551° N, 91.7154° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWilmot SW
Elevation138 ft
Nearest living townWilmot, AR
Distance to it8 miles
GNIS feature ID62456
Coordinates33.05513, -91.71540

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.

Matoka today, aerial view
Wilmot quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)

Left: Wilmot 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

Matoka is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wilmot, AR (population 438), about 8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 138 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 Matoka?

Matoka is in Ashley County, Arkansas, at 33.0551, -91.7154.

How many ghost towns are in Ashley County?

Ashley County, Arkansas has 5 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.