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]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marble, Arkansas
  2. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 23 ISBN 0-89933-345-1
  3. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 462.
  4. "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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