Marmaduke, Arkansas
| Marmaduke, Arkansas | |
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| City | |
 Location in Greene County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 36°11′22″N 90°23′8″W / 36.18944°N 90.38556°WCoordinates: 36°11′22″N 90°23′8″W / 36.18944°N 90.38556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Greene |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) |
| • Land | 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,111 |
| • Density | 852/sq mi (328.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 72436, 72443 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-44240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0058126 |
| Website | www |
Marmaduke is a city in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,111 in 2010..
The town of Marmaduke was named for Confederate Major General John Sappington Marmaduke, who later served as governor of Missouri. Marmaduke was said to have established a camp for his soldiers near the site of the present town. The Texas and St. Louis Railroad was built through the area in 1882.
Marmaduke was incorporated on August 2, 1909, and, by 1914, had expanded to include two drugstores, three banks, three restaurants, a Methodist and Baptist church, two barber shops, a hotel, a boarding house, and two dime stores. The primary employers at the time were a sawmill, a lumber mill, a stave mill, and large and cut timber distributors.
Current industry includes the Anchor plastics company and the American Railcar Company.
The community was severely damaged by a severe tornado on April 2, 2006. At least half of the town was reported to have been destroyed or even flattened, and nearly every structure received some degree of damage. No one was killed in Marmaduke, but at least 50 people were injured, some seriously. In 2009 a major ice storm came across the northern part of Arkansas, causing the village, together with other regions, to lose electricity for a few weeks. Since then the town has almost fully recovered.
Marmaduke is located in northeastern Greene County at 36°11′22″N 90°23′8″W / 36.18944°N 90.38556°W (36.189365, -90.385661).U.S. Route 49 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 20 miles (32 km) to Piggott and southwest 11 miles (18 km) to Paragould, the Greene County seat. Arkansas Highway 34 crosses US 49 in the center of town; it leads east 5 miles (8 km) to Arkansas Highway 139 at Fritz and west 8 miles (13 km) to Lafe.
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