Marble, Arkansas
Marble is an unincorporated community in northeastern Madison County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The community is located on U.S. Route 412 and the southwest bank of the Kings River.[2]
Marble was built up chiefly after the Civil War.[3] The community was named for the valuable marble mined in the vicinity.[4]
See also
- Cartney, Arkansas, similar community in Baxter County, Arkansas
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marble, Arkansas
- Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 23 ISBN 0-89933-345-1
- History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 462.
- "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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