The United States of America is a federal union of 50 states and a capital district. The state of Arkansas is in the south central part of the country north of Louisiana and northeast of Texas. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River maintains aids to navigation on the Mississippi River along the eastern border of the state and the Arkansas River waterway across the state, but none of those aids qualify as lighthouses. This page includes one private lighthouse on the Arkansas River. The territory of Arkansas was acquired by the U.S. from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Organized as a territory in 1819, Arkansas was admitted to the union as the 25th state in 1836. To be listed here, a lighthouse must actually serve (or previously served) as an aid to navigation. This means it must be located on a navigable lake or river and must be lit (or have been lit) as a navigational aid at least during the local boating season.
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Adjoining pages: North: Missouri | East: Mississippi | South: Louisiana | Southwest: Texas
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Posted July 15, 2003. Checked and revised October 31, 2024. Lighthouses: 1. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.