War Eagle, Arkansas

War Eagle, Arkansas
Wareagle, War Eagle Mills
War Eagle Mill
War Eagle, Arkansas
Location of War Eagle within Arkansas
Coordinates: 36°16′04″N 93°56′28″W / 36.26778°N 93.94111°W / 36.26778; -93.94111
Country United States
State Arkansas
CountyBenton
Elevation359 m (1,178 ft)
GNIS feature ID78688[1]

War Eagle is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) War Eagle Bridge, which carries CR 98 over War Eagle Creek and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Variant names were "Blackburn Mill", "Wareagle", and "War Eagle Mills".[1] The community takes its name from War Eagle Mill, a local gristmill on War Eagle Creek.[3] A post office called War Eagle Mills was established in 1876, the name was changed to Wareagle in 1894, and the post office closed in 1967.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: War Eagle, Arkansas
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 120.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

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36°16′04″N 93°56′28″W / 36.26778°N 93.94111°W / 36.26778; -93.94111