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Welcome to Heffington ...

Heffington is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heffington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

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

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

Area Codes for Heffington: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Heffington ...

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

  • Searcy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Southside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Southside is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Bald Knob
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Judsonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Augusta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kensett
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Diaz
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Diaz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Newark
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Newark is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Bradford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradford is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people

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 Heffington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heffington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heffington. 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 Heffington.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heffington ...

Looking for more information about Heffington? 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 Heffington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Heffington.

Adding Heffington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Heffington 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 Heffington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Heffington post office opened in 1913. The Heffington post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heffington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heffington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Heffington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Heffington area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/