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The term "Northwest Arkansas" is commonly used to refer to the rapidly growing cities of Benton and Washington counties in the geographic corner of the state. Northwest Arkansas, often abbreviated NWA, has become known as a cohesive region due to the efforts of the Northwest Arkansas Council, an association of community and business leaders formally organized in 1990 to promote regionalization ...
Combined Statistical Area Population [3] Core Based Statistical Area Population [2] 1 Little Rock-North Little Rock: 905,847 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA: 734,622 Pine Bluff, AR MSA: 91,962 Searcy, AR μSA: 79,263 2 Jonesboro-Paragould: 174,456 Jonesboro, AR MSA: 129,858 Paragould, AR μSA: 44,598 3 Hot Springs-Malvern: 130,851 ...
It is the fourth-largest county by area in Arkansas. [1] The county is located approximately 112 miles (180 km) east of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 192 miles (309 km) northwest of Little Rock, 233 miles (375 km) south of Kansas City, and 335 miles (539 km) northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
The University of Arkansas was founded in Fayetteville in 1871 as Arkansas Industrial University. [108] The land-grant/space-grant, high-activity research institution is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System. [109] Enrollment for the 2010 fall semester was 21,406 total students. [110]
Arkansas and Pulaski counties: Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas: 8,036: 675.76 sq mi (1,750 km 2) Pulaski County: 119: Little Rock: Dec 15, 1818: Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818) Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War: 400,009: 807.84 sq mi (2,092 km 2) Randolph County: 121: Pocahontas: Oct 29 ...
Map of the United States with Arkansas highlighted Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning 52,035 square miles (134,770 km 2) of land. Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500 [a] [b] [c] municipalities consisting of cities ...
West Fayetteville residents will be able to take the city’s first express bus route starting Nov. 13, when the Fayetteville Area System of Transit launches the X1 route between Two Bale Lane and ...
U.S. Route 62 enters Arkansas from Oklahoma and runs by the Bean Cemetery near Lincoln and the Borden House and Prairie Grove Battlefield Park in Prairie Grove. [1] [2] The route then enters the Northwest Arkansas metro area, including the cities of Fayetteville, Rogers, and Bentonville. The route concurs with I-49/US 71 through these communities.