Arbuckle Island

Arbuckle Island is a small island on the Arkansas River in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for Matthew Arbuckle Jr., a career soldier who once owned the island.^[2][3][4] The island was granted to him as part of more than 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) that he obtained at the end of his military career.^[5]

Arbuckle Island

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Geography
Location	Arkansas
Coordinates	35.4345325°N 94.1321504°W / 35.4345325; -94.1321504 (Arbuckle Island)[1]
Administration
United States
State	Arkansas
County	Sebastian County

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arbuckle Island
2. Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 1968. Archived from the original on 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
3. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional, and Private Records ... Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1889. Archived from the original on 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
4. Campbell, Tom Walter (1941). Two Fighters and Two Fines: Sketches of the Lives of Matthew Lyon and Andrew Jackson. Pioneer publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
5. "Lavaca (Sebastian County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.