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Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States
Monkey Run, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°20′43″N 92°28′48″W / 36.34528°N 92.48000°W / 36.34528; -92.48000
CountryUnited States
State Arkansas
CountyBaxter
Elevation712 ft (217 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID77681
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monkey Run, Arkansas

Monkey Run is an unincorporated community in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. 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.

History

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.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monkey Run, Arkansas
  2. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 25, ISBN 0-89933-345-1
  3. 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.
Municipalities and communities of Baxter County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Mountain Home
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