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Cowpens

Ghost town · Monroe County, Arkansas

Indian Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Indian Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cowpens is a ghost town in Monroe County, Arkansas. It is one of 7 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 48th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cowpens as a historical populated place on the Indian Bay SE 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 34.3612° N, 91.0176° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleIndian Bay SE
Elevation154 ft
Nearest living townSt. Charles, AR
Distance to it6.9 miles
GNIS feature ID61120
Coordinates34.36121, -91.01761

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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.

Cowpens today, aerial view
Indian Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)

Left: Indian Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 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

Cowpens is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is St. Charles, AR (population 260), about 6.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 154 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 Cowpens?

Cowpens is in Monroe County, Arkansas, at 34.3612, -91.0176.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Arkansas has 7 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.