Okay
Ghost town · Pope County, Arkansas

Okay is a ghost town in Pope County, Arkansas. It is one of 15 former communities in Pope County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 74 Arkansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Okay as a historical populated place on the Lost Corner 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 35.5559° N, 92.8429° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Lost Corner |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,713 ft |
| Nearest living town | Hector, AR |
| Distance to it | 10 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 62014 |
| Coordinates | 35.55591, -92.84295 |
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.

Left: Washington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1879, 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
Okay is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hector, AR (population 377), about 10 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,713 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
- Northwoodghost town · Pope County · 3.4 mi
- Koones Gulfghost town · Van Buren County · 5 mi
- Gabrielghost town · Pope County · 5.4 mi
- Liberty Springsghost town · Van Buren County · 8 mi
- Lathamghost town · Van Buren County · 8.3 mi
- Letaghost town · Pope County · 8.8 mi
- Gridleyghost town · Van Buren County · 10 mi
- Ellaghost town · Pope County · 10.2 mi
- Boiling Springsghost town · Pope County · 10.2 mi
- Laurelghost town · Pope County · 10.5 mi
- Old Libertyghost town · Van Buren County · 11 mi
- Racket Ridgeghost town · Van Buren County · 11.1 mi
Questions
Where is Okay?
Okay is in Pope County, Arkansas, at 35.5559, -92.8429.
How many ghost towns are in Pope County?
Pope County, Arkansas has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.