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Manila is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,682 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 3,342 in 2010 . It was the hometown of World War I sniper Herman Davis .
The JLC&E Railroad was chartered in 1897 by businessmen from Jonesboro, Arkansas in neighboring Craighead County to take advantage of the virgin timber of the "sunken lands" of the north eastern part of the state. The first train arrived in Manila on December 2, 1900, and the town would usually see four trains a day until 1938. [2]
History. The Arkansas State Highway Commission created Highway 18B on March 7, 1962 from a former alignment of Highway 77 through downtown Manila. [6] It was redesignated along another former alignment of Highway 77 on June 23, 1965, [8] now running along West Lake Street. [9] Major intersections. The entire route is in Manila, Mississippi County.
Herman Davis State Park is a 1-acre (0.40 ha) state park in Manila, Arkansas, United States. The park includes the grave of and a memorial to Herman Davis (1888-1923), a U.S. sniper during World War I. [1] The park is located at the junction of Baltimore Avenue and Arkansas Highway 18, south of the city center. It consists of a grassy area ...
It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Manila, Arkansas, and consists mostly of a shallow lake, swamp, and bottomland hardwood forests. The preservation of habitat for waterfowl in an intensely agricultural region is the primary purpose of the refuge. 6,400 acres (20 km 2 ) of Big Lake was named a National Natural Landmark . 2,144 acres (8 km ...
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Buffalo Island is a local name given to western Mississippi County and eastern Craighead County, Arkansas.It consists of the land south of Big Lake between the Little River (not to be confused with a stream of the same name in southwestern Arkansas) and the St. Francis River, containing the communities of Manila (Mississippi County), Monette (Craighead County), Leachville (Mississippi County ...
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.