Country United States County Cleveland GNIS feature ID 77811 Area 8.12 km² Local time Saturday 3:31 AM | State Arkansas Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) Elevation 88 m Population 127 (2010) Area code 870 | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
New Edinburg (also New Edinburgh) is an unincorporated census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 127.
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Map of New Edinburg, AR 71660, USA
Geography
New Edinburg is located in southwestern Cleveland County at 33°45′26″N 92°14′19″W, at an elevation of 292 feet (89 m). Arkansas Highway 8 passes through the community, leading northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Fordyce and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to Warren. Rison, the county seat, is 18 miles (29 km) north via Highways 8, 97, and 79.
History
At the time the first Toledo courthouse burned down in 1889, New Edinburg had a population of 200. The unincorporated area was in the running to receive the county seat along with Rison, Kingsland, and Beasley’s Switch. None of the towns managed to get a majority vote, so a second election was held. Rison won the county seat and it remains the seat today.
According to Arkansas Preservation, in the late 1800s, W. D. Attwood built a Queen Anne Classic-style residence in New Edinburg. Attwood was a town merchant and built the first brick store, the Attwood Mercantile Store. The location of Attwood's store is now the home of McClellan's Country Store, the only mercantile establishment in New Edinburg. In 1917, Emmett Moseley altered Attwood's house to its current appearance. The building is still a private residence, and in 1994 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
New Edinburg is the location of, or the nearest community to, three historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
In popular culture
In the fall of 2011, part of the feature film Come Morning was filmed in New Edinburg. According to IMDB, Come Morning is the only production to have ever filmed there.