Postelle, Arkansas

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Postelle, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Postelle, Arkansas
Postelle's position in Arkansas.
Coordinates: 34°34′12″N91°1′24″W / 34.57000°N 91.02333°W / 34.57000; -91.02333 Coordinates: 34°34′12″N91°1′24″W / 34.57000°N 91.02333°W / 34.57000; -91.02333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas
County Phillips
Township Hicksville
Elevation 17 m (55 ft)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Code 72383
Area code(s) 870
GNIS feature ID 58415
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Postelle, Arkansas

Postelle is an unincorporated community in Hicksville Township, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community has access to the Arkansas Highway System via Arkansas Highway 39S. [2]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Phillips County, Arkansas County in the United States

Phillips County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, in what is known as the Arkansas Delta along the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,757. The county seat is Helena-West Helena. Phillips County is Arkansas's seventh county, formed on May 1, 1820, and named for Sylvanus Phillips, the area's first-known white settler and representative to the first Territorial Legislature of the Arkansas Territory. This lowland area was developed for cotton plantations in the antebellum area and is still largely rural.

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References

  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Postelle, Arkansas." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Postelle, Arkansas Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  2. Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. § 51.