Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, including Fayetteville, the county seat, and Springdale. The county is also the site of small towns, bedroom communities, and unincorporated places. The county is named for George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Fayetteville is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the most populous city in Northwest Arkansas. The city had a population of 93,949 as of the 2020 census, which was estimated to have increased to 101,680 by 2023. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. It was named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many settlers had come, and was incorporated on November 3, 1836. Fayetteville is included in the three-county Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metropolitan statistical area, with 576,403 residents in 2020.
Canehill, also known as Cane Hill and Boonsboro, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 74.
Clyde is an unincorporated community in Cane Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. Clyde is on Arkansas Highway 45, approximately 26 miles southwest of Fayetteville and six miles east of the Oklahoma border.
Appleby is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Arkansas Highway 170, south of Farmington and four miles southwest of Fayetteville.
Cincinnati is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 306.
The Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm occurred in central Arkansas beginning in August 2010. The epicenters of earthquakes in the swarm showed a linear distribution, with a clear overall shift in activity towards the southwest with time, and the largest event in the swarm was the 2011 Arkansas earthquake, at 4.7 on the moment magnitude scale.
Harris is an unincorporated community in Elkins Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located east of Fayetteville and within the city limits of Elkins near Arkansas Highway 16.
Strain is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located between Fayetteville and Elkins. The community consists of a small number of homes located around a road junction near the Middle Fork White River.
Fayetteville Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. The township had a population of 73,580 at the 2010 Census. The township contains the City of Fayetteville in its entirety, as the township and the city have identical boundaries.
McNair is an unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located within Fayetteville in the southwest part of town near Baum Stadium. McNair was primarily the location of the switching board off the main Frisco line to the Ozark and Cherokee Central branch which went to Tahlequah.
The Fayetteville Shale is a geologic formation of Mississippian age composed of tight shale within the Arkoma Basin of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is named for the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and requires hydraulic fracturing to release the natural gas contained within.
White Rock is an unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located about three miles west of Fayetteville on Arkansas Highway 16. Goose Creek is just south of the community.
Wedington Woods is an unincorporated community in Litteral Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located west of Fayetteville, north of Wedington Drive. A small grass airport exists named Wedington Woods Airport.
Prairie Township is one of 37 townships in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its total population was 3,526.
Wyman is an unincorporated community in Wyman Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located east of the White River, north of Lake Sequoyah, southwest of Goshen, and east of Fayetteville.
Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery is a cemetery for soldiers of the Confederate States located on the eastern side of Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas. Added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993, the cemetery encompasses 3.5 acres (1.4 ha).
Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains. It includes four of the ten largest cities in the state: Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, the surrounding towns of Benton and Washington counties, and adjacent rural Madison County, Arkansas. The United States Census Bureau-defined Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area includes 3,213.01 square miles (8,321.7 km2) and 590,337 residents, ranking NWA as the 98th most-populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. and the 13th fastest growing in the United States.
Barbara was an unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It was annexed by Fayetteville in 1967. It is located on the Frisco Railway and Gregg Avenue in Fayetteville.
Established initially as Alta Villa by Italian immigrants in 1915, Little Italy is an unincorporated community in Pulaski and Perry counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The culturally rich and historically significant hamlet is located in high terrain along Arkansas Highway 300 amidst the northeastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains bestriding Wye Mountain and Kryer Mountain. As part of a multi-decade heritage preservation effort, as of 2018 its residents were seeking status as an incorporated municipality.
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