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Monkey Run, Arkansas
Monkey Run is an unincorporated community in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The community is on Arkansas Highway 126 approximately 1.5 mile (2.4 km) south of the Ozark Regional Airport and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Mountain Home via Arkansas Highway 178.[2]
Monkey Run, Arkansas | |
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Monkey Run, Arkansas Monkey Run's position in Arkansas Monkey Run, Arkansas Monkey Run, Arkansas (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°20′43″N 92°28′48″W / 36.34528°N 92.48000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Baxter |
| Elevation | 712 ft (217 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 77681 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monkey Run, Arkansas | |
History edit
The community's heyday was 1900 to the Great Depression. Seven different zinc mines operated around Monkey Run, with ore shipped by wagon to Cotter, Arkansas. The community was originally named Pilgrim's Rest, but was renamed by a storekeeper who watched a group of boys playing tag and exclaimed, "watch them monkeys run". A later attempt by a vegetable canning plant to change the name to Pleasant Valley never took hold.[3]
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monkey Run, Arkansas
- ^ Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 25, ISBN 0-89933-345-1
- ^ Messick, Mary Ann (1973). History of Baxter County (Centennial ed.). Mountain Home, Arkansas: Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce. pp. 92–94. LCCN 73-82235. OCLC 724611.