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.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rhea, Arkansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 22. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
  4. ^ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  5. ^ a b History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. pp. 318–321, 1010.
  6. ^ "Rhea, William H." Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Archived from the original on December 22, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2025.


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