Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment

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Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment
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Nearest city Paris, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°18′41″N93°44′39″W / 35.31139°N 93.74417°W / 35.31139; -93.74417 Coordinates: 35°18′41″N93°44′39″W / 35.31139°N 93.74417°W / 35.31139; -93.74417
Area 11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built 1826 (1826)
Built by Hixson, Thomas
NRHP reference # 07001429 [1]
Added to NRHP January 24, 2008

The Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment is a historic 19th-century road section in Logan County, Arkansas. It is located northwest of Paris, consisting of 3.7 miles (6.0 km) of Short Mountain Road, extending westward from its crossing with Short Mountain Creek. The roadbed is about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and is heavily banked for much of its length. Built in 1828, it was originally part of the military road connecting Little Rock, Arkansas to what is now Gibson, Oklahoma (then just a military base). The road has been documented to be part of the Trail of Tears migration route. [2]

Logan County, Arkansas County in the United States

Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,353. There are two county seats: Booneville and Paris.

Paris, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Paris is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as the county seat for the northern district of Logan County; its southern district counterpart is Booneville. The population was 3,532 at the 2010 United States Census.

Little Rock, Arkansas Capital of Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County. It was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in the 1720s. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 198,541 in 2016 according to the United States Census Bureau. The six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

The road section was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas.

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