Negro Head Corner, Arkansas

Negro Head Corner is an unincorporated community in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States, located about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Augusta.[2]

Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Coordinates: 35°20′38″N 91°21′27″W
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyWoodruff
Elevation
217 ft (66 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID52597[1]

The area is named for an oak sculpture of a Black man's head that was once displayed at the corner of a farm near the crossroads. It was carved by Wade Antney, who farmed the land first as an enslaved person and then later as the owner.[2] It has been theorized that the sculpture represented Legba, the loa of crossroads in Haitian Vodou.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
  2. Hankins, B.J. (July 11, 1968). "The Man Who Lived at Nigger Head Corner". Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine. Arkansas Baptist State Convention. 67 (27): 5.
  3. Brownderville, Greg Alan (November 2002). "Devil of the Blues" (PDF). The Society for the Study of Southern Literature. University of Arkansas. 36 (1).


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