Sexton, Arkansas

Ghost town in Arkansas, United States

35°54′55″N 94°30′25″W / 35.91528°N 94.50694°W / 35.91528; -94.50694CountryUnited StatesStateArkansasCountyWashingtonTownship Dutch MillsElevation

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1,014 ft (309 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code479GNIS feature ID81941^[1]

Sexton (also Salem Springs) is a former community in Dutch Mills Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States.^[1] The community was located on a tributary of the Baron Fork (a tributary of the Illinois River) approximately one-half mile east of the Arkansas - Oklahoma state line.^[2]

A post office called Sexton was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1906.^[3] The community has the name of William H. Sexton, an early postmaster.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sexton, Arkansas
^ Tahlequah, OK, 1:25000 Scale Topographic Map, USGS, 1898
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 321.