Briggsville, Arkansas

Briggsville, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Briggsville, Arkansas is located in Arkansas
Briggsville, Arkansas
Briggsville, Arkansas
Briggsville, Arkansas is located in the United States
Briggsville, Arkansas
Briggsville, Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°56′02″N 93°29′40″W / 34.93389°N 93.49444°W / 34.93389; -93.49444
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyYell
Elevation
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440 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72828
Area code479
GNIS feature ID81846[1]

Briggsville is an unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Briggsville is located on Arkansas Highway 28, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Plainview. Briggsville has a post office with ZIP code 72828.[2]

In 2004 Alan Richard of Education Week wrote that the only notable features of Briggsville were the highway, some of its houses, and the Fourche Valley School.[3]

Briggsville is the hometown of actor Jacob Lofland.

At a Democratic Party rally in Russellville, Arkansas in 1976, Bill Clinton spoke of "the breathtaking beauty of our Arkansas spring", and then listed several towns including Briggsville; "I know them all, and they are home to me because of you".[4]

Education

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First Lieutenant Daniel W. Melton was a soldier in the Civil War, and is interred at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Briggsville

Two Rivers School District serves the area.[5][6] It operates two schools: Two Rivers Elementary School and Two Rivers High School.

Previously it was assigned to the Fourche Valley School, a K-12 school,[7] operated by the Fourche Valley School District. On July 1, 2004, the Fourche Valley district merged into the Two Rivers district.[8] The merged district continued to operate the Fourche Valley School until 2009, when the majority of the members of the district board voted to close it.[9] Students were reassigned to Plainview-Rover Elementary School and Plainview-Rover High School.[10] In 2010 the latter closed due to the opening of the consolidated Two Rivers High School,[11] and the Plainview-Rover elementary consolidated into Two Rivers Elementary in 2012.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briggsville, Arkansas
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived September 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Richard, Alan (November 24, 2004). "Arranged Marriage: Newly Merged Districts Work to Make Combination Succeed". Education Week. Retrieved January 5, 2019. Fourche Valley School is the only real sign of the Briggsville community, except for a few houses and the winding highway with a mountain view.
  4. ^ Smith, Stephen A. (1996). The Guardian of the People's Interest. Stephen A. Smith. ISBN 9781557284402. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yell County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022. - 2010 map - Compare to the Arkansas Highway Map.
  6. ^ "State Highway Route and Section Map Yell County" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 16, 2022. - Compare to the US Census Map.
  7. ^ "Faculty and Staff." Fourche Valley School. October 10, 2006. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls Archived 2015-09-12 at the Wayback Machine." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Arkansas Cases Challenge School and District Consolidation". The Rural School and Community Trust. June 25, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  10. ^ "Parents seek halt in school closings; cite long bus rides". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. May 28, 2010. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  11. ^ Zilk, Caroline (February 7, 2010). "Two become one: Two Rivers High School still set To open in fall". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  12. ^ "State Required Information." Plainview-Rover School District. April 14, 2013. Retrieved on October 24, 2017. See the "ACSIP Plans " section, note the years


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