Brightwater, Arkansas

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Brightwater is a community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. [1] It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Springfield to the Fayetteville Road-Brightwater Segment, which is located at N Old Wire Road/Benton Cty Rd. 67, south of US 62 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]

Brightwater got its start c.1840. [3] A post office called Brightwater was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1907. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brightwater, Arkansas
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 95.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

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