Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, including Fayetteville, the county seat and Springdale. The county is also the site of small towns, bedroom communities, and unincorporated places. The county is named for George Washington, the first President of the United States
The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozark Mountains, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper than the adjacent Springfield Plateau to the north, and bordered on the south by the Arkansas Valley. The Oklahoma portion of the range is locally referred to as the Cookson Hills.
Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs. There are two summits atop the mountain: Signal Hill, which reaches 2,753 feet (839 m), and Mossback Ridge, which reaches 2,700 ft (823.0 m).
Novaculite, also called Arkansas Stone, is a microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline rock type that consists of silica in the form of chert or flint. It is commonly white to grey or black in color, with a specific gravity that ranges from 2.2 to 2.5. It is used in the production of sharpening stones. It occurs in parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as in Japan and parts of the Middle East. The name novaculite is derived from the Latin word novacula, meaning a sharp knife, dagger, or razor in reference to its use in sharpening.
Savoy is an unincorporated community in Litteral Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on County Route 845 east of Lake Wedington. The Ozark National Forest is just west of the community. The Savoy area is marked with bluffs and streams. A distinctive feature is the dam on Clear Creek where a flour mill was once in operation. Savoy had a post office and businesses that no longer exist.
Home Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,708.
Clyde is an unincorporated community in Cane Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. Clyde is on Arkansas Highway 45, approximately 26 miles southwest of Fayetteville and six miles east of the Oklahoma border.
Wyola, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Crawford Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Arkansas Highway 74, south of Arnett and east of Brentwood.
Furlow is an unincorporated community in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located west of Lonoke and is surrounded by fish farms.
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in Springdale Township of northern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on the northwest side of Springdale just east of the combined U.S. routes 62, 71, 540.
The Fayetteville Shale is a geologic formation of Mississippian age composed of tight shale within the Arkoma Basin of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is named for the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and requires hydraulic fracturing to release the natural gas contained within.
Baldwin is a former unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It has since been annexed by Fayetteville. It is located in east Fayetteville along Huntsville Road near Lake Sequoyah toward Elkins.
Beav-O-Rama is an unincorporated community in Springdale Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The coordinates of the site locate it on a small tributary stream valley about one-half mile north of Niels Bluff on Beaver Lake, approximately three miles east of Springdale and south-southwest of Sonora.
Walnut Grove is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Walnut Grove Road, east of Hector.
Welcome is an unincorporated community in Griffin Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at the intersection of Welcome Home Road and Pine Street, east of Hector.
Rochelle Riviera is an unincorporated community in Springdale Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. Per the coordinates it is located south of US 412 east of Springdale on the north bank of the White River.
Sonora is an unincorporated community in Springdale Township in northeastern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at the intersection of US 412 and Sonora Road, east of Springdale. The upper reaches of Beaver Lake on the White River lie less than two miles to the east and south.
Suttle is an unincorporated community in Starr Hill Township, in western Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Washington County Road 33 and on the east bank of Moores Creek. Lincoln lies about two miles to the southwest.
Seyppel is an unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.
