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Marvell was founded when Marvell M. Carruth and his wife, Rachel, sold 50 lots of land given to him by his father, Ladson Carruth, to the Arkansas Central Railroad. A train depot was soon established. Marvell became an un-incorporated town on May 28, 1873, with R.M. Jackson as its first mayor.
Arkansas State Road B-1 ran from the Louisiana state line near Wilmot north into Missouri, and was mostly unpaved. [18] Upon creation of the U.S. Route system in 1925, the north and south portions of the highway were replaced by US 67 and US 165 , respectively, shaping a more familiar Highway 1 routing. [ 19 ]
The Marvell–Elaine School District #22 [2] (MESD) previously Marvell School District No. 22, [3] is a school district headquartered in Marvell, Arkansas. It serves Marvell, Elaine, and other areas in Phillips and Desha counties. [4] On July 1, 2006, the Elaine School District merged into the Marvell School District. [5]
In 2006 Elaine School District parents and students filed a lawsuit against the State of Arkansas, trying to prevent the school district from being merged with the Marvell School District. [6] Effective on July 1, 2006, the districts merged, with Elaine folding into the Marvell district, forming the Marvell Elaine School District. [7]
Phillips County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, in what is known as the Arkansas Delta along the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,568. [1] The county seat is Helena–West Helena. [2] Phillips County is Arkansas's seventh (7th) county, formed on May 1, 1820.
The US 49/AR 1 concurrency ends in Marvell and US 49 enters Monroe County. Upon entering Monroe County, US 49 turns north to begin a concurrency with AR 39 . US 49 also crosses US 79 before meeting US 70 near Brinkley .
Replaced by AR 6, AR 49, and a spur of AR 49 AR 20: 31.76: 51.11 Phillips CR 622 at Lambrook: US 49 in Helena-West Helena: 1963: current Former AR 49; has a spur south to Phillips CR 422 AR 21: 99.14: 159.55 US 64 in Clarksville: Route 13 at the Missouri state line 1926 [9] current AR 22: 75.60: 121.67 US 64/US 71B in Fort Smith
AR 152 east / AR 276 west – Bayou Meto, Deluce: DeWitt: AR 1 north / AR 1B north – St. Charles, Marvell: AR 152 east – DeWitt Business District AR 11 south – Reydell: Lodge Corner: AR 276 east – Bayou Meto AR 152 west – Humphrey, Bayou Meto WMA: Stuttgart: AR 130: AR 146S east US 79 – Pine Bluff, Clarendon: Interchange