Brightwater is a community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Springfield to the Fayetteville Road-Brightwater Segment, which is located at N Old Wire Road/Benton Cty Rd. 67, south of US 62 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Brightwater got its start c. 1840.[3] A post office called Brightwater was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1907.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brightwater, Arkansas
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 95.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

36°25′04″N 94°03′25″W / 36.41778°N 94.05694°W / 36.41778; -94.05694


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