Pine Ridge, Arkansas

Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at 34°35′9″N 93°54′36″W / 34.58583°N 93.91000°W / 34.58583; -93.91000.

The original name was Waters, but the name was changed in 1936 to Pine Ridge through a vote of the city's town council. Waters was the basis for the fictional town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas on the radio show Lum and Abner, and the name of the real town was changed to honor and match the fictional one that made it famous.^[1]

References

↑ "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States

County seat: Mount Ida

City	Glenwood‡ Mt. Ida

Towns	Black Springs Norman Oden

Unincorporated communities	Caddo Gap Hog Jaw Hurricane Grove Mauldin Pencil Bluff Pine Ridge Sims Story Sulphur Springs

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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