Briggsville, Arkansas | |
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Coordinates: 34°56′02″N 93°29′40″W / 34.93389°N 93.49444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Arkansas |
County | Yell |
Elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 72828 |
Area code | 479 |
GNIS feature ID | 81846[1] |
Briggsville is an unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Briggsville is located on Arkansas Highway 28, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Plainview. Briggsville has a post office with ZIP code 72828.[2]
In 2004 Alan Richard of Education Week wrote that the only notable features of Briggsville were the highway, some of its houses, and the Fourche Valley School.[3]
Briggsville is the hometown of actor Jacob Lofland.
At a Democratic Party rally in Russellville, Arkansas in 1976, Bill Clinton spoke of "the breathtaking beauty of our Arkansas spring", and then listed several towns including Briggsville; "I know them all, and they are home to me because of you".[4]
Two Rivers School District serves the area.[5][6] It operates two schools: Two Rivers Elementary School and Two Rivers High School.
Previously it was assigned to the Fourche Valley School, a K-12 school,[7] operated by the Fourche Valley School District. On July 1, 2004, the Fourche Valley district merged into the Two Rivers district.[8] The merged district continued to operate the Fourche Valley School until 2009, when the majority of the members of the district board voted to close it.[9] Students were reassigned to Plainview-Rover Elementary School and Plainview-Rover High School.[10] In 2010 the latter closed due to the opening of the consolidated Two Rivers High School,[11] and the Plainview-Rover elementary consolidated into Two Rivers Elementary in 2012.[12]