War Eagle, Arkansas

Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States

War Eagle, Arkansas Wareagle, War Eagle Mills
Unincorporated community
War Eagle Mill
36°16′04″N 93°56′28″W / 36.26778°N 93.94111°W / 36.26778; -93.94111
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Benton
Elevation ^[1]	359 m (1,178 ft)
GNIS feature ID	78688^[1]

War Eagle is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.^[1] It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) War Eagle Bridge, which carries CR 98 over War Eagle Creek and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Variant names were "Blackburn Mill", "Wareagle", and "War Eagle Mills".^[1] The community takes its name from War Eagle Mill, a local gristmill on War Eagle Creek.^[3] A post office called War Eagle Mills was established in 1876, the name was changed to Wareagle in 1894, and the post office closed in 1967.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: War Eagle, Arkansas
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 120.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 4, 2018.