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The University of Arkansas was established in 1871 under the provisions of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862, which provided for federal government support of "colleges for the common man" in each state. Land-Grant colleges were mandated to provide higher education, research and public service in agriculture, engineering and military ...
Billstown (also Bills Town, Bills) is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Billstown is located on Arkansas Highway 301 near the Little Missouri River . First settled in 1858, [ 3 ] Billstown has active timber and some cattle farming.
Clark County and later from Montgomery County (prior 1880) Naturally occurring hot springs within the county [Note 1] 33,258: 622.16 sq mi (1,611 km 2) Howard County: 061: Nashville: Apr 17, 1873: Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier counties. James H. Howard, a state senator: 12,533: 595.20 sq mi (1,542 km 2) Independence County: 063: Batesville: Oct ...
Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers is an extension of a national program by the same name. Young Farmers & Ranchers is program designed to increase the participation of young men and women, between 18 and 35, in county and state level Farm Bureau Organizations, programs and events.
The city is the county seat of Howard County. [6] Nashville is situated at the base of the Ouachita foothills and was once a major center of the peach trade in southwest Arkansas. Today the land is mostly given over to cattle and chicken farming. The world's largest dinosaur trackway was discovered near the town in 1983.
Arkansas (/ ˈ ɑːr k ən s ɔː / ⓘ AR-kən-saw [c]) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. [9] [10] It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west.
Newton County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,225. [1] The county seat is Jasper. [2] Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, formed on December 14, 1842, and named for Thomas W. Newton, an Arkansas Congressman. Newton County is part of the Harrison, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,749. [1] The county seat is Clarksville. [2] Johnson County is Arkansas's 30th county, formed on November 16, 1833, from a portion of Pope County and named for Benjamin Johnson, [3] a Territorial Judge.