Arkansas General Information
GENERAL
Abbreviated as AR on ABBREVIATIONFINDER.ORG, Arkansas is one of the southern states of the United States of America. The population in 2000 was 2,673,400. Arkansas was one of the states that upheld slavery and joined the United States along with Michigan in 1837.
Nickname
The Natural State
Capital
Little rock
Biggest town
Little rock
Area
Rank (within the US): 29th out of 50 states
Total: 137,732 km²
Land: 134,856 km
Water (%): 2,876 km² (2.09%)
Residents
Rank (within the US): 33rd out of 50 states
Total (2000): 2,673,400
Density: 19.8 / km²
State membership
Place: 26th
Since: June 15, 1836
GEOGRAPHY
Time zone: Center: UTC –6 / –5
Latitude: 33 ° N to 36 ° 30’N
Longitude 89 ° 41’W to 94 ° 42’W
Width: 385 km
Length: 420 km
Highest position: 1,045 m
Average location: 839 m
Lowest position: 17 m
The capital of Arkansas is Little Rock. Arkansas has the only natural occurrence of diamonds in the United States. Arkansas’ eastern border is the Mississippi. It is bordered by Arkansas to the south and Missouri and Tennessee to the north. In the west these are Texas and Oklahoma.
POPULATION
There are 2,915,918 residents in Arkansas.
HISTORY
The first French explorers gave the state its name. Arkansas is believed to be the phonetic alias of the French word for “people by the river”. This meant the members of the Quapaw tribes who settled along the river. Other Indian tribes in Arkansas were the Caddo and the Osage. Arkansas joined the US as the 25th state. With the Civil War Arkansas left the United States on May 6, 1861 during the Civil War.
The pronunciation of “Arkansas” is official. It was legally established in 1881 as (to be pronounced in English) “arkanSAW”.
THE SIGHTS IN ARKANSAS
Like any state, Arkansas has a number of beautiful attractions to offer.
Hot Songs National Park
The state is particularly popular for its variety of hot springs. The Hot Songs National Park in particular has a large number of these sung sources to offer. If you want to relax in one of the 47 springs, you can use one of the bathhouses in the park.
TCBY Tower
The TCBY Roter is located in the capital Little Rock. There are numerous sound recordings, newspaper articles and TV documentaries about life and history from the fifties and sixties.
The Arthur Park Historic District
In this HISTORICAL part of town there are lots of houses from the 18th and 19th centuries to marvel at. Particularly worth seeing is the Pike Fletcher Terry House, the Hänger House as far as the Villa Mare.
Little Rock Central High School
A bit unusual, but Little Rock Central High School is a landmark in Arkansas with a history. This goes back to the year 1957. At the time, then-Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, banned the first African-American students known as Little Rock Nina from entering the school building. The National Guard was also on duty on the first day of school. This caused consternation in Arkansas and also called the then president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower on the scene. This then placed the police and army units under federal command and sent a US airborne division to Arkansas to protect the students concerned.
The great Mounds Archeological State Park
This is a major archaeological site near the eastern town of Scott. Visitors can admire 18 Indian burial mounds there, which were built between 600 AD. and 1050 AD. were created by the Plum Bayou culture.
President William Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
This is the birthplace of former President Bill Clinton. The house, which can be found in Hope town, was built in 1917. Bill Clinton spent the first four years of his childhood here.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith was built in 1817 and played an important role in the “Trail of Tears”. The total area of the National Historic Site is around 300,000 m² and shows the life of soldiers at the time on the border with the former Indian Territory.
Arkansas State Capitol
The Arkansas State Capitol is located in Little Rock and is the seat of the state government of Arkansas. The sandstone building dates from 1899 and looks similar to the Capitol in Montana.
Arkansas Old State House
The Arkansas Old State House from 1835 is in Little Rock and is the first state capitol in the state of Arkansas. Here visitors can spend an interesting day at the Arkansas History Museum.
The Old Mill
The Old Mill is a copy of a historic 19th century mill. It was once used as a backdrop for the film “Gone with the Wind”. In addition, the mill is also a relic from Little Rock’s history.
Old Main in Fayetteville
Dating from 1873, the Old Main is the oldest building on the University of Arkansas site. This is located in the city of Fayetteville and houses the building as the landmark of the university.
Arkansas Counties and County Seats
According to Countryaah, there are a total of 75 counties in the state of Arkansas.
- Arkansas County (County Seat: De Witt, Stuttgart)
- Ashley County (County Seat: Hamburg)
- Baxter County (County Seat: Mountain Home)
- Benton County (County Seat: Bentonville)
- Boone County (County Seat: Harrison)
- Bradley County (County Seat: Warren)
- Calhoun County (County Seat: Hampton)
- Carroll County (County Seat: Berryville , Eureka Springs)
- Chicot County (County Seat: Lake Village)
- Clark County (County Seat: Arkadelphia)
- Clay County (County Seat: Piggott, Corning)
- Cleburne County (County Seat: Heber Springs)
- Cleveland County (County Seat: Rison)
- Columbia County (County Seat: Magnolia)
- Conway County (County Seat: Morrilton)
- Craighead County (County Seat: Lake City, Jonesboro)
- Crawford County (County Seat: Van Buren)
- Crittenden County (County Seat: Marion)
- Cross County (County Seat: Wynne)
- Dallas County (County Seat: Fordyce)
- Desha County (County Seat: Arkansas City)
- Drew County (County Seat: Monticello)
- Faulkner County (County Seat: Conway)
- Franklin County (County Seat: Charleston, Ozark)
- Fulton County (County Seat: Salem)
- Garland County (County Seat: Hot Springs)
- Grant County (County Seat: Sheridan)
- Green County (County Seat: Paragould)
- Hempstead County (County Seat: Hope)
- Hot Spring County (County Seat: Malvern)
- Howard County (County Seat: Nashville)
- Independence County (County Seat: Batesville)
- Izard County (County Seat: Melbourne)
- Jackson County (County Seat: Newport)
- Jefferson County (County Seat: Pine Bluff)
- Johnson County (County Seat: Clarksville)
- Lafayette County (County Seat: Lewisville)
- Lawrence County (County Seat: Walnut Ridge)
- Lee County (County Seat: Marianna)
- Lincoln County (County Seat: Star City)
- Little River County (County Seat: Ashdown)
- Logan County (County Seat: Booneville, Paris)
- Lonoke County (County Seat: Lonoke)
- Madison County (County Seat: Huntsville)
- Marion County (County Seat: Yellville)
- Miller County (County Seat: Texarkana)
- Mississippi County (County Seat: Blytheville, Osceola)
- Monroe County (County Seat: Clarendon)
- Montgomery County (County Seat: Mount Ida)
- Nevada County (County Seat: Prescott)
- Newton County (County Seat: Jasper)
- Ouachita County (County Seat: Camden)
- Perry County (County Seat: Perryville)
- Phillips County (County Seat: Helena-West Helena)
- Pike County (County Seat: Murfreesboro)
- Poinsett County (County Seat: Harrisburg)
- Polk County (County Seat: Mena)
- Pope County (County Seat: Russellville)
- Prairie County (County Seat: Des Arc , De Valls Bluff)
- Pulaski County (County Seat: Little Rock)
- Randolph County (County Seat: Pocahontas)
- St. Francis County (County Seat: Forrest City)
- Saline County (County Seat: Benton)
- Scott County (County Seat: Waldron)
- Searcy County (County Seat: Marshall)
- Sebastian County (County Seat: Greenwood, Fort Smith)
- Sevier County (County Seat: De Queen)
- Sharp County (County Seat: Ash Flat)
- Stone County (County Seat: Mountain View)
- Union County (County Seat: El Dorado)
- Van Buren County (County Seat: Clinton)
- Washington County (County Seat: Fayetteville)
- White County (County Seat: Searcy)
- Woodruff County (County Seat: Augusta)
- Yell County (County Seat: Dardanelle, Danville)
