Arkansas Post, Arkansas

This article is about the unincorporated community. For the historic site, see Arkansas Post.

Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Bayous around Arkansas Post
Arkansas Post Location in Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°01′25″N91°20′37″W / 34.02361°N 91.34361°W / 34.02361; -91.34361
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Arkansas
Township	Arkansas
Founded	December 27, 1831 (193 years ago) (1831-12-27)
Named after	Arkansas Post
Elevation [1]	177 ft (54 m)
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	66948 [1]
Highways	Highway 169
Major airport	Clinton National Airport (LIT)

Arkansas Post is an unincorporated community located along the north side of the Arkansas River in Arkansas County, Arkansas. ^[1] It is home to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.

History

In 1805 the U.S. government established a store at the location, but was closed in 1810, due to competition from private merchants. ^[2] Nathaniel Pryor, ^[3] who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Samuel B. Richards of Natchez established a store at the location after the War of 1812. ^[4] The present-day unincorporated community of Arkansas Post was founded on December 27, 1831, with the establishment of the first U.S. post office in the Arkansas Territory. ^[5]

Infrastructure

Highway 169 terminates at Arkansas Post. ^[6]

Notable residents

• Antoine Barraqué, French Indian trader
• Saracen, Quapaw chief

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arkansas Post, Arkansas
2. Morris, Wayne. “Traders and Factories on the Arkansas Frontier, 1805-1822.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, 1969, pp. 28–48. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.
3. “Captain Nathaniel Pryor.” The American Historical Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 1919, pp. 253–65. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.
4. Grant Foreman. (1926). Pioneer days in the early Southwest. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 76. Internet Archive website Retrieved 11 January 2023.
5. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Washington, D.C.: National Archives
6. Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. § 5.

Further reading

• Hempstead, Fay (1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890. Southern Historical Press. p. 827. ISBN   9780893080747.

External links

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