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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]
Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, including Fayetteville, the county seat, and Springdale.
Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozarks.It includes four of the ten largest cities in the state: Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, the surrounding towns of Benton and Washington counties, and adjacent rural Madison County, Arkansas.
Washington County was established on October 17, 1828 by the Arkansas General Assembly. [3] The county seat was established at Washington, which was later renamed Fayetteville after confusion with Washington, Arkansas in South Arkansas.
The mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas is an elected city leader. There was no mayor of Fayetteville during the American Civil War. In 1992 the city's government transitioned from a city board to city council. [1] Fayetteville is the second largest city in Arkansas and has a population of around 561,000.
The Frisco Depot (Frisco being a common shortening of the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is a railroad depot built in 1925. The last passenger trains left Frisco Depot in 1965, and starting in 2011, the depot's interior houses a Chipotle Mexican Grill. [2]
The Clinton House is a historic house museum at 930 West Clinton Drive in Fayetteville, Arkansas.Built in 1931, it was the first home of Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham while they both taught at the University of Arkansas School of Law and was where they married in 1975.
The Fayetteville Historic Square (usually shortened to Fayetteville Square or just The Square), in Fayetteville, Arkansas, includes the original Fayetteville post office, the Old Bank of Fayetteville Building, the Lewis Brothers Building, the Mrs. Young Building, and the Guisinger Building.