Originally known as Gourdneck (sometimes written as Gourd Neck, Goardneck, or Gourd Nick), the Acorn community...

Cove is a town on U.S. Highway 71 in western Polk County. It is home to Van-Cove High School, part of the Coss...

Grannis is located on U.S. Highway 71 in southern Polk County. Like many of the cities of southwestern Arkansa...

Hatfield is a town on U.S. Highway 71 in Polk County. Although it originated earlier than the Civil War, its s...

Little Africa was an all-black community that lay near Board Camp Creek in Polk County east of the county seat...

Lone Valley, once called Rock Spring, is a remote and sparsely populated area in Polk County approximately fou...

Mena was founded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town in western Arkansas. Situated amid the Ouac...

Rich Mountain is a small residential area that is part of a larger, 200-square-mile tract of land that lies in...

Vandervoort was a key stop for the Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf Railroad (later the Kansas City Southern)....

West Valley, first known as Nichols Valley, is a secluded community approximately five miles west of Hatfield ...

Wickes is a city in southern Polk County. Built along the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) around the beginn...