St. Joe, Arkansas
| St. Joe, Arkansas | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Searcy County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 36°1′44″N 92°48′44″W / 36.02889°N 92.81222°WCoordinates: 36°1′44″N 92°48′44″W / 36.02889°N 92.81222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Searcy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 797 ft (243 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 132 |
| • Density | 106.3/sq mi (42.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 05-62030 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0078237 |
St. Joe is a town in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 132 at the 2010 census.
St. Joe is located at 36°1′44″N 92°48′44″W / 36.02889°N 92.81222°W (36.028892, -92.812324).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.
The town of St. Joe, Arkansas, was founded a few miles north of the Buffalo River around 1860 by Bill Campbell, Ben Henley, Sr., Dr. George Turner, Captain Harry Love, Decatur Robinson, and Matt Tyson. Mill Creek, near the current post office on U.S. Highway 65, was the original town location. Wagon trains traveled from the town to Springfield, Missouri, where produce was sold and goods were purchased and brought back to the stores. The History and Folklore of Searcy County Arkansas states that St. Joe was originally called Monkey Run. The area came by its current name around 1900, when six miners from St. Joseph, Missouri, received the largest quantity of mail to come into the post office. The outpost eventually became known as St. Joe, Arkansas. Mines, and rumors of mines, feature largely in the story of St. Joe’s past. It is worth noting that one of the nearby settlements is named Silver Hill. According to one fable, there is a “Lost Silver Mine” that was reputed to be fabulously rich in the late 1800s, believed to be located somewhere between Calf Creek and Bear Creek and worked by an Indian named Woodward. (http://gwiz.co//treasures/arkansas.php) A news article in the Marshall Mountain Wave, printed Friday, May 30, 1924, stated that the lost silver mine had been found by a girl searching for a lost cow. The opening, covered by vegetation, was in a gulch. The silver and mining equipment was claimed to have been found, sitting for 75 years in the mine.
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