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Pecan Point, Arkansas

Pecan Point, Arkansas
Pecan Point is located in Arkansas
Pecan Point
Pecan Point
Pecan Point is located in the United States
Pecan Point
Pecan Point
Coordinates: 35°28′39″N 90°02′21″W / 35.47750°N 90.03917°W / 35.47750; -90.03917
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyMississippi
Elevation
236 ft (72 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code870
GNIS feature ID58340[1]

Pecan Point is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Pecan Point is located on Arkansas Highway 118, 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east-southeast of Joiner.[2]

In the late 1880s, local planter G.W. Pratt built and operated a tramway in the area for the purposes of harvesting timber. By 1890, the tramway's line was two miles long and used 14 men to operate it.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pecan Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Mississippi County, Arkansas General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Presley, Leister (1889). Biographical and historical memoirs of northeast Arkansas. Chicago, Nashville and St, Louis: The Goodspeed publishing co. p. 554. LCCN rc01001242.


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