West Richwoods, Arkansas

West Richwoods, Arkansas
West Richwoods, Arkansas
	Unincorporated community
	West Richwoods, Arkansas West Richwoods, Arkansas
	Coordinates: 35°49′35″N92°10′19″W / 35.82639°N 92.17194°W Coordinates: 35°49′35″N92°10′19″W / 35.82639°N 92.17194°W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Stone
Elevation	1,030 ft (310 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	870
GNIS feature ID	78728 [1]

Last updated April 29, 2019

West Richwoods is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. West Richwoods is located on Arkansas Highway 9, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest of Mountain View.^[2] The Samuel Brown House and the West Richwoods Church & School, which are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are located in West Richwoods.^[3]

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.

Stone County is located in the Ozark Mountains in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for rugged, rocky area terrain of the Ozarks. Created as Arkansas's 74th county on April 21, 1873, Stone County has two incorporated cities: Mountain View, the county seat and most populous city, and Fifty-Six. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns.

Arkansas is a state in the southern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2018. Its name is of Siouan derivation from the language of the Osage denoting their related kin, the Quapaw Indians. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.

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References

↑ "West Richwoods". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
↑ Stone County, Arkansas General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.

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[1] "West Richwoods". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.

[2] Stone County, Arkansas General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2012.

[3] National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Stone County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Mountain View
Cities	Fifty-Six Mountain View	Map of Arkansas highlighting Stone County
Unincorporated communities	Alco Allison Bothersome East Richwoods Flag Fox Luber Marcella Melrose Newnata Old Lexington Onia Optimus Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hill Rushing St. James Timbo Turkey Creek West Richwoods
Ghost town	Harness

West Richwoods, Arkansas
Unincorporated community

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Coordinates: 35°49′35″N92°10′19″W / 35.82639°N 92.17194°W / 35.82639; -92.17194 Coordinates: 35°49′35″N92°10′19″W / 35.82639°N 92.17194°W / 35.82639; -92.17194
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Stone
Elevation	1,030 ft (310 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	870
GNIS feature ID	78728^[1]