Bauxite, Arkansas

About Bauxite

Bauxite is a tiny community in central Arkansas with an estimated population of 660.

Bauxite holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.43 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 192 residents per square mile.

📰 Bauxite News Today

• Arkansas investigator who responded to deadly Bauxite fight now facing DWI charge THV11 · Sep 23
• Bauxite senior Gunner Frazier remembered after fight; man arrested on manslaughter charge KATV · Sep 21
• Suspect faces manslaughter charge in fight that left 17-year-old Bauxite High School student dead - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · Sep 22
• Saline County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death of Bauxite Juvenile After Fight MySaline · Sep 19
• Gunner Lane Frazier Obituary (2026) - Bauxite, AR - Dial & Dudley Funeral Home - Bryant Legacy | Obituary · Sep 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Arkansas headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Bauxite Unique

• The only place in America named Bauxite — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Part of the fabric of Arkansas — one of 625 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Bauxite Historical Association Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bauxite

• Bauxite City Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Bauxite

• BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOL
• BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL
• MINER ACADEMY
• PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Bauxite

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