Ava, Arkansas


Ava is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The community is west-southwest of Perryville. It is located on the south side of the South Fourche La Fave River floodplain and Arkansas Highway 314 passes on the north side of the river.
The Hawks Schoolhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is near the community.
Ava Arkansas was named after Ava Etta Hokpins born in 1884 by her father Ellington beck Hopkins who was the postmaster at the time. She married Arthur Lee McCoy in 1907. Ava is buried in the Seventh Day Adventist Church cemetery at Bonnerdale Arkansas.