Summers, Arkansas

Summers is an unincorporated community in far western Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The community has a postal designation (ZIP code 72769) and the population of the Summers zip code area was 942[2] at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, Arkansas-Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Summers, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Summers, Arkansas
Summers' position in Arkansas.
Coordinates: 35°58′52″N 94°29′30″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyWashington
Elevation
1,188 ft (362 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code
72769
Area code(s)479

Geography

Summers is in the Ozarks on the southern edge of the Springfield Plateau near the Boston Mountains. The community is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 62 with Arkansas Highway 59 about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Oklahoma border. It is just east of Ballard Creek.[3]

History

The community name comes from John T. Summers, one of the original postmasters for the community.[4] The community was earlier named Coon Creek.[5]

Education

The community is served by the Lincoln Consolidated School District.[6] Lincoln High School is its sole high school.

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Summers, Arkansas
  2. U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Census website Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 72769
  3. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLoreme, 2nd Ed. 2004, p. 30 ISBN 0-89933-345-1
  4. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 322.
  5. "History of Washington County, Arkansas." Shiloh Museum, Springdale, Arkansas. pp. 754.
  6. "About". Lincoln Consolidated School District. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  7. Ruston Daily Leader, June 17, 1936, pp. 1, 4
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