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Banner Township is a township in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. Its total population was 158 as of the 2010 United States Census, a decrease of 7.6 percent from 171 at the 2000 census.
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Bayou Township is a township in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. Its total population was 360 as of the 2010 United States Census, a decrease of 11.76 percent from 408 at the 2000 census.
Beaver Township is a township in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Its total population was 3,211 as of the 2010 United States Census, an increase of 20.22 percent from 2,671 at the 2000 census.
Mount Elba is an unincorporated community in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. The land belonged to the Quapaw people, but it was opened to American settlement by a treaty in 1824. By the 1830s, a settlement was set up on the east bank of the Saline River on the road between Pine Bluff and Camden. Ferry service began in 1845 and a post office was opened in 1847. Mount Elba was a bustling community by the time of the American Civil War and a skirmish was fought there on March 30, 1864 as part of the Camden Expedition. The conflict badly damaged the town and the surrounding area. With the establishment of railroads, the importance of river traffic declined and the town's population dwindled. Only a few residences remain in the area.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marais Saline Township, Ashley County, Arkansas
- ↑ Hook, J. N. (June 10, 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.
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