Smackover, Arkansas

About Smackover

Smackover, AR is a small town located in southern Arkansas with an estimated population of 1,573.

Officially, Smackover is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.35 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 362 residents per square mile.

📰 Smackover News Today

• Smackover Lithium Exceeds Customer Offtake Volumes for Arkansas Project Arkansas Money & Politics · Oct 1
• Smackover Lithium Exceeds Targeted Customer Offtake Volumes for South West Arkansas Project Yahoo Finance · Sep 28
• Parkers Chapel Varsity Football @ Smackover MaxPreps · Oct 5
• How Smackover Lithium’s $1.5B Arkansas Plant Became a Bankable Project Arkansas Business · Oct 4
• Smackover secures Arkansas lithium offtake Metal Tech News · Sep 28

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Smackover Unique

• The only place in America named Smackover — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Arkansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• 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.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Smackover

• SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL

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

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