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Welcome to Point Cedar ...

Point Cedar is located in Hot Spring County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Cedar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Point Cedar: Pt. Cedar

Point Cedar is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Point Cedar: 501

Communities near Point Cedar ...

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

  • Hot Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Pine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Amity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Amity is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Caddo Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
  • Friendship
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Bonnerdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Alpine is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Bismarck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pearcy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Cedar ...

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

Adding Point Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Point Cedar 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 Point Cedar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Point Cedar post office opened in 1852. The Point Cedar post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Cedar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Hot Spring, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Point Cedar - 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/