Weddington, Arkansas

Weddington is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas.[1]

History

A variant name was "Wedington".[1] A post office called Wedington was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1906.[2][3] The community was named after a local family of pioneer settlers.[1]

gollark: Unfortunately, I think we pay £40 a month or something similarly æ.
gollark: I can download terabytes a month and BT can do NOTHING ABOUT IT, muahahahaha.
gollark: At least we actually have some choice of ISP, though, and mostly no data caps.
gollark: The government has some sort of "gigabit voucher" scheme for people in rural areas with slow internet connections.
gollark: I thought Virgin Media did cable.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Weddington
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 322.


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