Page Contents for Mansfield, Arkansas

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

Government

Chamber of Commerce.

Organizations, Churches, and Sports.

Schools.

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Statistics & Facts

The Arkansas state capital is Little Rock.
The population of Mansfield is approximately 1,018 (1990), 1139 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 471 (1990), 447 (2010).
The amount of land area in Mansfield is 3.588 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.052 sq kilometers.
The distance from Mansfield to Washington DC is 1012 miles.
The distance to the Arkansas state capital is 112 miles. (as the crow flies)
Mansfield is positioned 35.05 degrees north of the equator and 94.24 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in northwest Arkansas, on state highway 71, about 25 miles south of Fort Smith.
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Weather

moderate. Here is a weather page for Mansfield.
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History & History Related Items

Here is a history page for Mansfield.

Though local legends say the town was named by a railroad surveyor who was asked how far he had completed his surveying. He replied that he made it to the middle of some man’s field. The more accurate naming story is that the community was named for W. Mansfield, an Arkansas Supreme Court Judge around 1900.
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The incorporation of Mansfield

29 August 1888

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Mansfield City Government

City of Mansfield
200 North Sebascott
Mansfield Ar. 72944
Phone: (479) 928-5552

Mansfield has a Mayor/city council form of government.

Mansfield Chamber

Mansfield/Huntington Chamber of Commerce

Mansfield Organizations

Mansfield/Huntington Chamber of Commerce

Mansfield Schools

Mansfield Public Schools
P.O. Box 308
Mansfield, Arkansas 72944
Phone: 479-928-4006
Fax: 479-928-4482