Combs, Arkansas

Combs is an unincorporated community in southern Madison County, Arkansas, United States.^[1] It is located on Arkansas Highway 16 at the southern terminus of AR 295.^[2] The community is within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest and just south of the upper White River. The community of Brashears is about two miles east on route 16.^[3] The population was 431 as of the 2021 census, the overwhelming majority of which was white.^[4]

Combs, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Entrance to Combs on Highway 16
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Coordinates: 35°49′32″N 93°50′12″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Madison
Elevation	1,430 ft (440 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	71205

History

A post office was established at Combs in 1888.^[5] The community has the name of Captain Hiram Hite Combs (1832-1917), a first settler.^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Combs, Arkansas
2. "Madison County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Madison County map Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 3, 2010.
3. Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 31. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
4. "People in Zip 72721 (Combs, AR)". BestPlaces. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
6. History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 463.