Health, Arkansas

Health is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The community is located on a high ridge of the Boston Mountains in the southwestern corner of Madison County at an elevation of 2,411 feet (735 m).[1][2]

The community of Brannon is approximately two miles to the north and Temple Hill is about two miles to the west in adjacent Washington County.[2]

History

A post office called Health was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1947.[3] The community was so named on account of the healthy conditions at the elevated town site.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Health, Arkansas
  2. ^ a b Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 31. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 62.

35°47′21″N 93°56′35″W / 35.78917°N 93.94306°W / 35.78917; -93.94306


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