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The Gurdon Light is an atmospheric ghost light located near railroad tracks in a wooded area of Gurdon, Arkansas. It is the subject of local folklore and has been featured in local media and on Unsolved Mysteries and Mysteries at the Museum .
Light is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Light is located at the junction of U.S. Route 412 and Arkansas Highway 228, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Paragould. Light has a post office with ZIP code 72439. [2] The community is named after Daniel Light, a first settler. [3]
The area that receives the most rain in the state is the area south of the Ouachita Mountains, which form an orographic effect (commonly known as rain shadow) when storms move north from the Gulf. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) describes Arkansas's water resources by using six ecoregions. Of the six, the Boston Mountain ...
Arkansas, Union counties, then from Chicot County (prior to 1880), and Lincoln (prior 1930) Benjamin Desha, a soldier in the War of 1812: 10,479: 819.52 sq mi (2,123 km 2) Drew County: 043: Monticello: Nov 26, 1846: Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties: Thomas S. Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas 16,945: 835.65 sq mi (2,164 km 2 ...
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 ...
Map of Little Rock Railway and Electric Company c 1907. Prior to the creation of the former Central Arkansas Transit Authority, the transit system was owned and operated by private companies. Until 1950, the transit system was owned by Arkansas Power & Light (AP&L), the predecessor to Entergy Arkansas. In 1950, AP&L sold the transit system ...
Location: Clark / Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Caddo River: Primary outflows: Caddo River: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 13,800 acres (5,600 ha): Average depth: 47 ft (14 m): Max. depth: 200 ft (61 m): Shore length 1: 207 mi (333 km): References: [2]: 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.: DeGray Lake ...
Area code 870 was created in April 1997 to serve the most rural parts of the state (originally specifically not Little Rock metro, Fort Smith or Northwest Arkansas). In January 2002, area code 479 broke from 501, giving Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas their own area code. The following three area codes serve Arkansas: