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Fayetteville's culture is a combination of a Southern city, college town, and the fast-growing Northwest Arkansas metro area. Fayetteville shares many of the characteristics commonly given to Arkansas as a Southern state, yet it has also absorbed cultural influence from the Mid and South West.
The Ben Davis became the apple of choice in the area for sale and shipment across the region. Corn became the dominant crop, outselling apples by almost $500,000 in 1900. [8] Cane Hill College was founded in Cane Hill one day after Arkansas College in Fayetteville. It was in operation from 1834 to 1891.
The Wilson Park Historic District (sometimes Rock House Historic District) is a historic district in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, located just northeast of the University of Arkansas. The district consists of several residential buildings that developed during the late 19th and early 20th Century near Wilson Park just north of Dickson Street ...
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 ...
Arkansas Highway 16 (AR 16) is a designation for three state highways in Arkansas. One segment of 24.13 miles (38.83 km) runs from U.S. Route 412 (US 412) in Siloam Springs east to Interstate 49 (I-49) in Fayetteville. A second segment of 71.67 miles (115.34 km) runs from I-49 in Fayetteville east to Highway 7 in the Ozark National Forest.
A portion between I-49 and AR 112 opened April 30, 2018, and is currently designated as AR 612. [ 7 ] On May 20, 2021, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced legislation to designate the portion of US-412 between I-35 in Noble County, Oklahoma , and I-49 in Springdale as a future Interstate.
The West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District, known as Dickson Street (historically spelled incorrectly as Dixon Street), is an area in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas just off the University of Arkansas campus. It is lined with multiple bars, restaurants, and shops unique to the area.
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 ...