Arkansas Information - State of Arkansas

AR State Facts

State and Flag
Arkansas

State Capital
Little Rock

Largest City
Little Rock

Abbreviation:

Constitution:

25th State

NickName:

Land of Opportunity

State Flower:

Dogwood

State Tree:

Southern Pine

State Bird:

Mockingbird (Northern Mockingbird)

State Song:

"Oh, Arkansas" and "Arkansas (you run deep in me)"

Land Area:

52,082 sq. mi.; 27th

Highest Point:

Magazine Mtn; 2753 feet

Lowest Point:

Ouachita River; 55 feet above sea level

Border States:

Missouri (N), Oklahoma (W), Tennessee (NE), Mississippi (W and SW), Louisiana (S), Texas (SE)

Arkansas Counties
Arkansas Ashley Baxter Benton Boone Bradley Calhoun Carroll Chicot Clark Clay Cleburne Cleveland Columbia Conway Craighead Crawford Crittenden Cross Dallas Desha Drew Faulkner Franklin Fulton	Garland Grant Greene Hempstead Hot Spring Howard Independence Izard Jackson Jefferson Johnson Lafayette Lawrence Lee Lincoln Little River Logan Lonoke Madison Marion Miller Mississippi Monroe Montgomery Nevada	Newton Ouachita Perry Phillips Pike Poinsett Polk Pope Prairie Pulaski Randolph St. Francis Saline Scott Searcy Sebastian Sevier Sharp Stone Union Van Buren Washington White Woodruff Yell

Arkansas Towns and Cities
ALMA ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS ASHLEY BAXTER BATESVILLE BENTON BENTONVILLE BLYTHEVILLE BOON BRADLEY BRINKLEY CABOT CALHOUN CARROLL CHICOT CLARK CLARKSVILLE CLAY CLEBURNE CLEVELAND COLUMBIA CONWAY CRAIGHEAD CRAWFORD CRITTENDEN CROSS DALLAS DESHA DREW DUMAS EL DORADO EUREKA SPRINGS FAIRFIELD BAY FAULKNER FAYETTEVILLE FORREST CITY	FORT SMITH FRANKLIN FULTON GARLAND GRANT GREENE HARRISON HEMPSTEAD HOPE HOT SPRINGS HOWARD INDEPENDENCE IZARD JACKSON JACKSONVILLE JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONESBORO LAFAYETT LAWRENCE LEE LINCOLN LITTLE RIVER LITTLE ROCK LOGAN LONOKE MADISON MARION MAUMELLE MILLER MISSISSIPPI MONROE MONTGOMERY MONTICELLO MOUNTAIN HOME MOUNTAIN VIEW NEVADA NEWPORT	NEWTON RANDOLPH N. LITTLE ROCK PARAGOULD PERRY PHILLIPS PIKE PINE BLUFF POINSETT POLK POPE PRARIE PRESCOTT PULASKI OUACHITA ROGERS RUSSELLVILLE SALINE SCOTT SEARCY SEBASTIAN SEVIER SHARP SILOAM SPRINGS SPRINGDALE ST. FRANCIS STONE TEXARKANA UNION VAN BUREN WASHINGTON WEST MEMPHIS WHEATLEY WHITE WHITEHALL WOODRUFF YELL

Abbreviation: AR
Constitution: 25th State (June 15, 1836)
Nickname: Land of Opportunity
Motto:
State Flower: Dogwood
State Tree: Southern Pine
State Bird: Mockingbird (Northern Mockingbird)
State Song: "Oh, Arkansas" and "Arkansas (you run deep in me)"
Land Area: 52,082 sq. mi.; 27th
Highest Point: Magazine Mtn; 2753 feet
Lowest Point: Ouachita River; 55 feet above sea level

Largest Cities: *Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Murfreesboro

Border States: Missouri (N), Oklahoma (W), Tennessee (NE), Mississippi (W and SW), Louisiana (S), Texas (SE)

Historical Facts:
Birthplace of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.

Popular Attractions
Hot Springs National Park: More than a million gallons of hot mineral water everday from 47 springs.

Museum of Automobiles: Antique car collection near Morrilton

Crater of Diamonds State Park: Hunt for Diamonds near Murfreesboro

Arkansas Territorial Restoration: 14 Buildings from before Arkansas was a state. Little Rock