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Arkansas is a landlocked state in the south-central region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north,Tennessee and Mississippi to the east,Louisiana to the south,and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage language,a Dhegiha Siouan language,and referred to their relatives,the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains,which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands,to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands,to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.
Rogers is a city in Benton County,Arkansas,United States. Located in the Ozarks,it is part of the Northwest Arkansas region,one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country. Rogers was the location of the first Walmart store,whose corporate headquarters is located in neighboring Bentonville. Daisy Outdoor Products,known for its air rifles,has both its headquarters and its Airgun Museum in Rogers.
Morrilton is a city in Conway County,Arkansas,United States,less than 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Little Rock. The city is the county seat of Conway County. The population was 6,992 at the 2020 United States census.
Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas,United States. The population of Damascus was 382 at the 2010 census.
Batesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County,Arkansas,United States,80 miles (183 km) northeast of Little Rock,the state capital. According to the 2010 Census,the population of the city was 10,268. The city serves as a regional manufacturing and distribution hub for the Ozark Mountain region and Northeast Arkansas.
Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County,Arkansas,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 2,700,down from 3,188 in 2010.
Jacksonville is a city in Pulaski County,Arkansas,United States,and a suburb of Little Rock. As of the 2010 census,the population of the city was 28,364. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area with 729,135 people as of 2014.
North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County,Arkansas,and the twin city of Little Rock. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 census.
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County,Arkansas,United States and a suburb of Little Rock. It was established in 1837. At the 2010 census,the city had a population of 30,681. In 2019 the population was estimated at 36,820. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Benton,first settled in 1833 and named after Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton,was formally chartered in 1836 when Arkansas became a state.
Fort Smith is the third-most populous city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2020 census,the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith,Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area,a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford,Franklin,and Sebastian,and the Oklahoma counties of LeFlore and Sequoyah.
Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County,Arkansas,United States,and the county seat. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest,a notable Confederate military leader. Shortly after the end of the Civil War,he had a construction crew camped here,who were completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock.
Little Rock Central High School (LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock,Arkansas,United States. The school was the site of forced desegregation in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier. This was during the period of heightened activism in the civil rights movement.
James Paul Clarke was a lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years,rising from the Arkansas General Assembly to Attorney General of Arkansas and later 18th Governor of Arkansas,ending his career in the United States Senate. In a period of Democratic Party hegemony known as the "Solid South",Clarke blended positions of the budding Populist movement,such as free silver and railroad regulation,with white supremacy and his gifted skills as an orator to popularity and electoral success.
Central Arkansas,also known as the Little Rock metro,designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area,is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Arkansas. With an estimated 2020 population of 748,031,it is the most populated area in Arkansas. Located at the convergence of Arkansas's other geographic regions,the region's central location make Central Arkansas an important population,economic,education,and political center in Arkansas and the South. Little Rock is the state's capital and largest city,and the city is also home to two Fortune 500 companies,Arkansas Children's Hospital,and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
John Elvis Miller was a United States representative and United States Senator from Arkansas and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 204,405 in 2022. The six-county Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway,AR Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 81st most-populous in the United States with 748,031 residents according to the 2020 census.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Arkansas:
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- ↑ "Jim Wooten - Arkansas House of Representatives". www.arkansashouse.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: 4200; Sheet Number: 26; Enumeration District: 60-71
- ↑ Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1958; Roll: 4
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