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Welcome to Ard ...

Ard is located in Yell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Ard is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ard lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ard: 479

Communities Also Named Ard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ard - it's located in New Mexico.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ard.

Communities near Ard ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ard.

  • Russellville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Dardanelle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pottsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
    • Former names for Pottsville:
    • Pott's Inn
    • Pott's Station
  • Atkins
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Danville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Ola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ola is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <3>
  • London
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Knoxville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Knoxville is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
  • Plainview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ard. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ard.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ard. See our Newspapers Page for Ard.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ard ...

Looking for more information about Ard? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ard.

Adding Ard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ard in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ard post office opened in 1897. The Ard post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/