Poughkeepsie, Arkansas

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Poughkeepsie (Pronounced locally as Pow-keeps-ee) is an unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. [1] The community is located in south central Sharp County, one mile south of the Strawberry River. The community is on Arkansas Highway 56 approximately six miles east of Evening Shade. [2]

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Education

Hillcrest School District operates area schools which serve Poughkeepsie, [3] [4] including Hillcrest Elementary School in Lynn and Hillcrest High School in Strawberry.

The River Valley School District formed on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Poughkeepsie School District and the Strawberry School District. On July 1, 2004, River Valley merged with the Lynn School District to form the Hillcrest School District. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poughkeepsie, Arkansas
  2. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 27 ISBN   0899333451
  3. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Sharp County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. Note this map reflects the status before the dissolution of the Twin Rivers School District. Compare to the highway map.
  4. "General Highway Map Sharp County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation . Retrieved March 6, 2021. - See Poughkeepsie on the map.
  5. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.

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