Fouke, Arkansas
| Fouke, Arkansas | |
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 Location in Miller County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 33°15′39″N 93°53′12″W / 33.26083°N 93.88667°WCoordinates: 33°15′39″N 93°53′12″W / 33.26083°N 93.88667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Miller |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Land | 1 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 312 ft (95 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 859 |
| • Density | 859/sq mi (318.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 71837 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-24640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0057767 |
Fouke /ˈfaʊk/ is a city in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 859 at the 2010 census. Fouke is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 71 and Interstate 49 in Miller County, Arkansas. It is ten miles west of the Red River, eleven miles southeast of Texarkana, and seventeen miles north of Louisiana. It received brief widespread attention in the early 1970s due to sightings/claims of a bigfoot-like creature known as the "Fouke Monster," as well as the subsequent fictitious docudrama movie The Legend of Boggy Creek, which played nationwide.
The area around Fouke had long been inhabited by the Native American Caddo, prior to European colonization of the Americas. Caddo tribes and European explorers traded pelts, honey, beeswax, flour, tobacco, blankets, guns, and other items. After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States established the Sulphur Fork Factory (trading post) where the Sulphur River enters the Red River. In the years following Arkansas statehood, settlers began flowing steadily into the area and the Caddo population was greatly diminished.
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