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Watson Chapel
Neighborhood of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Location in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°11′21.4″N 92°03′56.5″W / 34.189278°N 92.065694°W / 34.189278; -92.065694
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
City	Pine Bluff
Named for	Rev. Benjamin Watson
Elevation	239 ft (73 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	71603
Area code	870
FIPS code	05-73580
GNIS feature ID	58837
Highways	U.S. Route 79 Highway 54

Watson Chapel is a neighborhood in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is located at the fork of U.S. Route 79 (Camden Road) and Highway 54 (Sulphur Springs Road), directly southwest of downtown Pine Bluff.

History

Watson Chapel was named after Cumberland Presbyterian minister Benjamin Watson, who settled in nearby Sulphur Springs in the 1870s. Watson later in 1872 founded a church and school which were named Good Faith church and later in 1876 changed to Watson's Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church. On April 5, 1880, the school district was formed, with the school still meeting in Rev. Benjamin Watson's church until a separate school building was erected in 1898.

Education

Watson Chapel is served by the Watson Chapel School District, including Watson Chapel High School. The Pine Bluff and Jefferson County Library System operates the Watson Chapel Dave Burdick Library, near the high school and along U.S. Route 79. Its namesake is the library director from 1991 to 2012.

References

1. Campbell, Thomas H. (1985). Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians, 1812-1984. Memphis, Tenn.: Arkansas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. OCLC 11751977.
2. "Watson Chapel Public Library." Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Library System. Retrieved on August 2, 2017.

External links

• Watson Chapel Library at the Pine Bluff and Jefferson County Library System

• Arkansas
• Geography

• 19th-century establishments in Arkansas
• Neighborhoods in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• Populated places established in the 19th century