Cherry Hill, Polk County, Arkansas

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Cherry Hill, Arkansas
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Cherry Hill, Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°35′09″N93°59′54″W / 34.58583°N 93.99833°W / 34.58583; -93.99833 Coordinates: 34°35′09″N93°59′54″W / 34.58583°N 93.99833°W / 34.58583; -93.99833
Country United States
State Arkansas
County Polk
Elevation
[1]
886 ft (270 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 479
GNIS feature ID76600 [1]

Cherry Hill (also Egger) is an unincorporated community in northeast Polk County, Arkansas, United States. [1] [2] The community is on Arkansas Highway 88 approximately 13 miles east of Mena. The Ouachita River flows past south of the site. [3]

Bob Dorough (1923-2018), composer and musician, was born in Cherry Hill. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Cherry Hill, Polk County, Arkansas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Arkansas Department of Transportation-Polk County
  3. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 46-7 ISBN   0899333451
  4. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, Bob Dorough



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