Combs, Arkansas
Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States
35°49′32″N 93°50′12″W / 35.82556°N 93.83667°W / 35.82556; -93.83667Combs is an unincorporated community in southern Madison County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is located on Arkansas Highway 16 at the southern terminus of AR 295.[2] The community is within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest and just south of the upper White River. The community of Brashears is about two miles east on route 16.[3] The population was 431 as of the 2021 census, the overwhelming majority of which was white.[4]
History
A post office was established at Combs in 1888.[5] The community has the name of Captain Hiram Hite Combs (1832-1917), a first settler.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Combs, Arkansas
- ^ "Madison County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Madison County map Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 3, 2010.
- ^ Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 31. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
- ^ "People in Zip 72721 (Combs, AR)". BestPlaces. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 463.
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Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Huntsville
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