Mount Holly, Arkansas
Mount Holly, Arkansas | |
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  Mount Holly, Arkansas | |
| Coordinates: 33°18′09″N 92°57′18″W / 33.30250°N 92.95500°WCoordinates: 33°18′09″N 92°57′18″W / 33.30250°N 92.95500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Union |
| Elevation | 262 ft (80 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 71758 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 77717[1] |
Mount Holly is an unincorporated community in Union County, Arkansas, United States. Mount Holly is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 57 and 160, 18 miles (29 km) west-northwest of El Dorado. Mount Holly has a post office with ZIP code 71758.[2]
Education[]
The Smackover-Norphlet School District (formerly the Smackover School District) operates public schools serving the community, including Smackover High School.
It was previously served by the Mount Holly School District, which operated Mt. Holly Elementary School and . On July 1, 2004, the former Mt. Holly district was consolidated into the Smackover district.[3] For a period the district continued operating Mt. Holly Elementary. The Smackover district asked for permission from the Arkansas Board of Education and received the permission in 2006.[4]
Notable people[]
- Thomas Chipman McRae, United States House of Representatives (1885 to 1903), 26th Governor of Arkansas.[5]
- Charles Portis, novelist, author of True Grit was raised in Mount Holly
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Holly, Arkansas
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Page 1 Minutes State Board of Education Monday, May 8, 2006." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on June 17, 2018. p. 2. "Request from Smackover School District for Approval to Close an Isolated School: Mount Holly Elementary School [...] The motion was adopted unanimously."
- ^ "Thomas Chipman McRae (1851–1929)". Derek Allen Clements, The Central Arkansas Library System - EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net. February 5, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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