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Welcome to Natural Dam ...

Natural Dam is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Natural Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Natural Dam is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Natural Dam: 479

The ZIP code for Natural Dam: 72948<3>

Communities Also Named Natural Dam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Natural Dam - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Natural Dam ...

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

  • Fort Smith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Van Buren
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Alma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <4>
  • Roland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Roland is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <4>
  • Stilwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kibler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kibler is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
  • Dyer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <4>
  • Mountainburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Winslow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Natural Dam ...

Looking for more information about Natural Dam? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Natural Dam, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Natural Dam.

Adding Natural Dam to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Natural Dam post office opened in 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Natural Dam.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Natural Dam - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Natural Dam). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Natural Dam or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/