Arkansas Post, Arkansas

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Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Arkansas Post
Location in Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°01′25″N91°20′37″W / 34.02361°N 91.34361°W / 34.02361; -91.34361
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas
County Arkansas
Township Arkansas
FoundedDecember 27, 1831 (1831-12-27)
Elevation
[1]
177 ft (54 m)
Time zone UTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID66948 [1]
Highways Arkansas 169.svg Highway 169

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.

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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] Present-day 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  7. ↑ Matheson, Luke (August 13, 2019). "Who Was Chief Saracen of the Quapaw Tribe?". Pine Bluff Commercial.

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