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Opitz

Ghost town · Saline County, Arkansas

Traskwood quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Traskwood quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Opitz is a ghost town in Saline County, Arkansas. It is one of 17 former communities in Saline County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Opitz as a historical populated place on the Traskwood 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 34.4876° N, 92.6404° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTraskwood
Elevation294 ft
Nearest living townHaskell, AR
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID66019
Coordinates34.48759, -92.64044

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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.

Opitz today, aerial view
Traskwood quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)

Left: Traskwood quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000), 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

Opitz is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Haskell, AR (population 4,035), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 294 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 Opitz?

Opitz is in Saline County, Arkansas, at 34.4876, -92.6404.

How many ghost towns are in Saline County?

Saline County, Arkansas has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.