Combs, Arkansas

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Combs, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Entrance to Combs on Highway 16
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Combs
Coordinates: 35°49′32″N93°50′12″W / 35.82556°N 93.83667°W / 35.82556; -93.83667
Country United States
State Arkansas
County Madison
Elevation
1,430 ft (440 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID71205

Combs is an unincorporated community in southern Madison County, Arkansas, United States. [1] It is located on Arkansas Highway 16 at the southern terminus of AR 295. [2] The community is within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest and just south of the upper White River. The community of Brashears is about two miles east on route 16. [3] The population was 431 as of the 2021 census, the overwhelming majority of which was white. [4]

History

A post office was established at Combs in 1888. [5] The community has the name of Captain Hiram Hite Combs (1832-1917), a first settler. [6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Combs, Arkansas
  2. ↑ "Madison County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Madison County map Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 31. ISBN   0-89933-345-1.
  4. ↑ "People in Zip 72721 (Combs, AR)". BestPlaces. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 463.


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