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Dierks is located in north-central Howard County along the southern edge of the Ouachita Mountains. It sits in the valley of Holly Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Saline River . U.S. Route 70 passes through the city on Front Street and Main Avenue, leading northeast 36 miles (58 km) to Glenwood and southwest 21 miles (34 km) to De ...
There are at least 56 named lakes and reservoirs in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Lakes ... This page was last edited on 20 March 2022, at 17:48 (UTC).
The purposes of Dierks Lake are: flood control on the Saline River, recreation, water supply, and fish and wildlife conservation. As a part of the Little River Basin System the lake offers a high degree of flood protection to large areas of land both in the Little River Basin and the flood plain along the Red River.
In 1886, Jefferson County produced 55,120 bales of cotton, the most in Arkansas, and the second-most throughout the South. [7] Transportation companies serving the county at the time included the Cotton Belt Route , the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway , Missouri Pacific , the Arkansas River Packet Company, the Wiley Jones Street Car Lines ...
Arkansas and the New South 1874-1929. Histories of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-490-3. LCCN 97026932. OCLC 37269309. OL 680393M. "Petitions Are Filed: Jefferson Springs, on Iron Mountain, Wants Trains Stopped—Searcy Asks Better Service". Arkansas Democrat. Vol. 39, no. 45. Little Rock. November 10, 1909 ...
The Arkansas General Assembly authorized a study in 1967 in the interests of forming a recreational area in eastern Arkansas. In addition to the natural value, the Village Creek area contained the historically significant Old Military Road , later used as the Trail of Tears, and parts of William Strong's mid-1800s plantation.
Transportation in Jefferson County, Arkansas (2 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Jefferson County, Arkansas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.