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Oponys Town

Ghost town · Polk County, Florida

Homeland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Homeland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Oponys Town is a ghost town in Polk County, Florida. It is one of 5 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 52 Florida counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oponys Town as a historical populated place on the Homeland 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 27.7836° N, 81.7998° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHomeland
Elevation131 ft
Nearest living townFort Meade, FL
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID294526
Coordinates27.78364, -81.79980

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What's there now

Oponys Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Meade, FL (population 5,172), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 131 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Oponys Town?

Oponys Town is in Polk County, Florida, at 27.7836, -81.7998.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Florida has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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