Washington, Arkansas

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Washington, Arkansas is a historic 19th-century town in southwestern Arkansas that served as an important regional center and briefly as the Confederate state capital during the Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Washington, Arkansas canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
capitalFrom 1863 ⓘ
capitalUntil 1865 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Hempstead County, Arkansas ⓘ
countySeatFrom 1824 ⓘ
countySeatUntil 1939 ⓘ
distanceFromHope about 8 miles northwest ⓘ
elevation about 371 feet ⓘ
FIPScode 05-73940 ⓘ
foundedIn 1824 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 2400003 ⓘ
governanceForm unincorporated community governance ⓘ
governedBy Hempstead County authorities ⓘ
hasAreaCode 870 ⓘ
hasAttraction 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse ⓘ
1874 Hempstead County Courthouse ⓘ
Blacksmith shop where the first Bowie knife was reputedly made ⓘ
Block House ⓘ
linked to: Blockhouse

Historic Washington State Park Visitor Center ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Washington Historic District ⓘ
hasZIPCode 71862 ⓘ
knownFor Civil War history ⓘ
well-preserved 19th-century buildings ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Arkansas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRoute historic Southwest Trail ⓘ
namedAfter George Washington ⓘ
nearCity Hope, Arkansas ⓘ
NRHPType historic district ⓘ
partlyContainedIn Historic Washington State Park ⓘ
partOf Arkansas Timberlands ⓘ
populationCensus2020 about 90 ⓘ
preservedAs living history town within a state park ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity tourism and heritage-related services ⓘ
roleDuring important regional center in the 19th century ⓘ
servedAs Confederate state capital of Arkansas ⓘ
county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas ⓘ
supply and administrative center for Confederate forces in Arkansas ⓘ
state Arkansas ⓘ
tourismFocus heritage tourism ⓘ
transportationRole stopping point for travelers on the Southwest Trail ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arkansas Territory → hadSettlement → Washington, Arkansas ⓘ
Conway Cemetery State Park → nearestCity → Washington, Arkansas ⓘ