Marble, Arkansas

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Marble is an unincorporated community in northeastern Madison County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community is located on U.S. Route 412 and the southwest bank of the Kings River. [2]

Marble was built up chiefly after the Civil War. [3] The community was named for the valuable marble mined in the vicinity. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marble, Arkansas
  2. ↑ Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 23 ISBN   0-89933-345-1
  3. ↑ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 462.
  4. ↑ "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2014.

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