Rhea (formerly Rhea Mill and Rhea's Mill; pronounced ray /reɪ/[2]) is an unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States.[1] It is located on a county road north of Lincoln and Lincoln Lake. Weddington Mountain is just to the west.[3]
History
Variant names were "Rhea Mills" and "Rheas Mills". A post office called Rheas Mills was established in 1867; the name was changed to Rhea Mills in 1893, again to Rhea in 1894, and the post office closed in 1963.[4][5] The community has the name of William H. Rhea, an early postmaster.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Rhea, Arkansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
- ^ Holt, Alfred H. (1969). American Place Names. Detroit: Gale Research Company. p. 159. ISBN 9780810332355. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
The same 'ray' in Rea, Mo., Rhea, Ark. and Okla., and Rhea County, Tenn.
- ^ Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 22. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
- ^ a b History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 321.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
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