Tilly, Arkansas

Tilly, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°43′12″N 92°49′59″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Pope
Elevation	593 m (1,946 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72679[1]
GNIS feature ID	73873

Tilly is an unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States near the head of the Middle Fork of the Little Red River.[2]

It is also near the intersection of Arkansas 16 and Arkansas 27. Tilly has a general store that was established in 1939 by Alfred & Avis Fountain. The store has a local post office branch located within. The cemetery located in Tilly is the "Union Hill Cemetery" and has a cemetery building adjacent to the cemetery.

In January 1996, Tilly was the scene of a triple murder, when gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and their eight-year-old daughter, Sarah, were abducted, tortured, and murdered in their own home by white supremacists Chevie Kehoe and Daniel Lewis Lee. Kehoe later received a life sentence for the crime, while Lee was sentenced to death and executed.

References

1. "Tilly ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. "Feature Detail Report for: Tilly, Arkansas." USGS. Profile. Retrieved June 23, 2010.