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Ash Flat was established in 1856. The community was so named for a grove of ash trees near the original town site. [3]In 1967, the Arkansas General Assembly designated Ash Flat as the single county seat of Sharp County, a title previously held by Hardy and Evening Shade concurrently.
As of the 2000 census, [12] there were 17,119 people, 7,211 households, and 5,141 families residing in the county. The population density was 28 people per square mile (11 people/km 2).
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,075. [1] The county seat is Salem. [2] Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842, and named for William Fulton, [3] the last governor of the Arkansas Territory.
2015 marked Ozarka College's 40th anniversary as well as the 10th anniversary of permanent campuses in Ash Flat and Mountain View and the 5th anniversary of the Mammoth Spring campus. On January 29, 2015, Ozarka College held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Student Services Center on the main campus in Melbourne. [7]
Ash Flat: 2 Sharp County: 72513 Ash Flat: 2 Fulton County: 72513 Ashton: 1 Chicot County: 71653 Athelstan: 1 Mississippi County: 72370 Athens: 1 Howard County: 71971 Atkins: 1 Pope County: 72823 Atlanta: 1 Columbia County: 71740 Attica: 1 Randolph County: 72455 Atwood: 1 Howard County Aubrey: 1 Lee County: 72311 Augsburg: 1 Pope County: 72874 ...
U.S. Routes 62/412 pass through the south side of the city, leading southeast 18 miles (29 km) to Ash Flat and west 36 miles (58 km) to Mountain Home. Arkansas Highway 9 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Mammoth Spring and southwest 50 miles (80 km) to Mountain View.
In 1963, Ash Flat was named the county seat, and Hardy and Evening Shade lost that designation. Hardy is served by the BNSF Railway . Formerly, the railroad through Hardy was part of the Frisco ( St. Louis – San Francisco Railway ) which had about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of trackage, and served Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma , Kansas , Texas ...
AR 56 begins in Calico Rock at Arkansas Highway 5, running north to Pineville. In Pineville, AR 56 serves as the southern terminus for AR 223, which runs north to Missouri. [3] The route continues to run east through rural country to meet AR 9 in Brockwell near the historic Pine Ridge School Building and AR 289 in Franklin south of Horseshoe Bend.