Cincinnati, Arkansas


Cincinnati is an unincorporated community in northwestern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. Cincinnati receives mail delivery from Summers. The population of the Summers zip code area was 942 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas-Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Cincinnati is in the Ozarks on the southern edge of the Springfield Plateau, near the Boston Mountains. Cincinnati is on Arkansas Highway 59, approximately north of Summers on U.S. Route 62 and east of the Oklahoma border. The community developed on the west bank of Cincinnati Creek.

History

In the early years before 1857, Cincinnati was first known as Buzzard Roost, then Silvia. This early settlement was such a thriving center of commerce that people came from Fayetteville, Arkansas for supplies.
Three of Cincinnati's inhabitants died during the 2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak. Another died four days later from injuries sustained in the tornado.

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