ARKANSAS POST, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Arkansas со., Ark. 117 ms. S. E. of Little Rock; from W. 1,087 ms. Watered by Arkansas river. (Fanning's, 1853)
Arkansas Post, As., c. h. Arkansas co. On the N. bank of Arkansas River, on a high bluff, 50 miles from the Mississippi. It was founded by the French in 1685. 117 miles S. E. from Little Rock.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 271.
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