Mound City, Arkansas

Mound City is an unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Mound City township covers an area of 25.4 square miles. In 2009 it had a population of 318; 162 males and 156 females.[1] Mound City is located about 6 mi (9.7 km) northwest of Memphis, Tennessee and near oxbow lakes that in the past were the main course of the Mississippi River. The river has changed its course and is now about 3 mi (4.8 km) east of Mound City.

Mound City
unincorporated community
Mound City is located in Arkansas
Mound City
Mound City
Location of Mound City in Arkansas
Mound City is located in the United States
Mound City
Mound City
Mound City (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°11′25″N 90°07′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyCrittenden
Time zoneCentral (CST)
 • Summer (DST)CDT
Area code870
A sharecropper house available for rent at Mound City, Arkansas
The commissary building at Mound City before its renovation.

History

Indian mounds.The community was named to honor the numerous prehistoric Native American earthen mounds which are found in the surrounding area. The mounds have not been thoroughly investigated and are threatened by the expansion of the city of West Memphis, Arkansas. The mounds may be a manifestation of the Marksville culture dating between 500 BCE and 500 CE.[2]

Civil War. On June 5, 1862, Federal troops disembarked on the Mississippi River at Mound City and captured the area. The Battle of Memphis was fought on June 6. On February 13, 1863, Federal troops burned communities in the area in retaliation for a Confederate raid on a steamboat and barges plying the Mississippi River. Racial tensions in Mound City were high between former African-American slaves and whites after the war.[3]

21st century. A former plantation known as Mound City and dating from about 1900 has been renovated and the existing sharecropper houses and commissary are vacation rentals and an events facility.[4][5]

References
  1. "Mound City township, Crittenden County, Arkansas (AR)". City-Data.com. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  2. Childress, Mitchell R. (1990). "Analysis and Interpretation of Artifact Collections" (PDF). Memphis District Corps of Engineers. Department of the Army. p. 12. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. Childress 1990, p. 17.
  4. "Mound City sharecropper houses invite visitors to explore area's rural roots". The Daily Memphian. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. "Visit Mound City | Delta Farm Resort & Events". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
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