Baxter, Arkansas

Baxter, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Baxter is located in Arkansas
Baxter
Baxter
Location within Arkansas
Baxter is located in the United States
Baxter
Baxter
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 33°31′45″N 91°30′00″W / 33.52917°N 91.50000°W / 33.52917; -91.50000
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyDrew
Elevation
121 ft (37 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP
71638
Area code870
GNIS feature ID76248

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Arkansas Highway 35 west of Dermott, near where the highway crosses Bayou Bartholomew. Located 40 mi (64 km) from the bayou mouth, it traditionally marked the head of navigation on the bayou.

The settlement started as a former plantation named Bartholomew and was renamed Baxter during the Brooks–Baxter War. In 1880, the population was approximately 600 whites and 2000 blacks.

The Baxter Vidette, an African-American newspaper, began publishing in Baxter in 1902.

References

  1. 1 2 "Baxter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Drew County, Arkansas General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration (1885). Louisiana. Products, Resources and Attractions. p. 67. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ DeArmond, Rebecca (1980). Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County. Little Rock, Ark: Rose Publishing Company. p. 15. ISBN 0914546317. LCCN 80-052077.
  5. ↑ "About The Baxter vidette. (Baxter, Ark.) 1902-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 28, 2020.