Seyppel, Arkansas

Seyppel is an unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.[1]

Seyppel
Unincorporated community
Seyppel
Location in Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°53′59″N 90°17′49″W
CountyCrittenden
TownshipJackson
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID67827[1]

Highway 147 passes through Seyppel, and the Mississippi Levee borders the east side of the community. A short distance east of the levee is Seyppel Landing, located directly on the Mississippi River.[2]

History

Isaac Burgett was an early settler and planter. At the time of his death in 1865, Burgett was the oldest citizen in Crittenden County. Otto Seyppel, born in Germany in 1854, took over the plantation.[3] The Seyppel Plantation is today called "Allen Farm".[4]

A post office was established in 1888.[3]

Rogers Cemetery is located north of Seyppel,[5] and Walnut Grove Church and school—historic but still standing—is located west of the community.[6][7]

James Cotton was known to have performed at a juke joint once located in Seyppel, and blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin accidentally fell through its window one evening while watching Howlin' Wolf perform.[8][9]

References
  1. "Seyppel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Seyppel Landing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas. Goodspeed. 1890. pp. 437.
  4. "Allen Farm". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. "Rogers Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  6. "Walnut Grove Church". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  7. "Walnut Grove School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  8. Komara, Edward, ed. (2005). Sumlin, Hubert. Encyclopedia of the Blues. Psychology Press. p. 938.
  9. Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2012). Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf. Knopf Doubleday.
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