Tilly, Arkansas

Tilly is an unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States near the head of the Middle Fork of the Little Red River.[1]

Tilly, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Tilly, Arkansas
Piney's position in Arkansas.
Tilly, Arkansas
Tilly, Arkansas (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°43′12″N 92°49′59″W
Country United States
State Arkansas
CountyPope
Elevation
593 m (1,946 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID73873

It is also near the intersection of Arkansas 16 and Arkansas 27. Tilly has a general store that was established in 1939 by Alfred & Avis Fountain. The store has a local post office branch located within. The cemetery located in Tilly is the "Union Hill Cemetery" and has a cemetery building adjacent to the cemetery.

Tilly was the scene of a brutal triple murder in January 1996 when gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and their eight-year-old daughter, Sarah, were abducted, tortured, and murdered in their own home by white supremacists Chevie Kehoe and Daniel Lewis Lee. Kehoe later received a life sentence for the crime, while Lee was sentenced to death and executed.

References
  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Tilly, Arkansas." USGS. Profile. Retrieved June 23, 2010.


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