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Pine Bluff is the tenth-most populous city in the US state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County. [3] It is the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area. The population of the city was 41,253 in the 2020 census. [4]
Jun 21, 2023 · With its convenient location just south and west of the Arkansas River, Pine Bluff serves as a gateway to some of the state’s most popular attractions. Despite its relatively small population of just under 50,000 residents, Pine Bluff boasts proximity to numerous captivating destinations.
Welcome to the City of Pine Bluff Arkansas! You will find Civil War, Railroad, Hotel Pines or Mural History with great dining, art and cultural events.
Things to Do in Pine Bluff, Arkansas: See Tripadvisor's 2,957 traveler reviews and photos of Pine Bluff tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in August. We have reviews of the best places to see in Pine Bluff. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.
WHAT CAN YOU SEE & DO IN PINE BLUFF? Plenty! There’s something for everyone. Spend the day visiting the city’s many museums. Visit a few historic homes. Take the kids to the Delta Rivers Nature Center, the ARTx3 Campus, or the Arkansas Railroad Museum.
Come discover untold stories of history, culture and the arts, in Pine Bluff's corner of the Arkansas Delta. Beyond the parks, the bayous, and the mighty Arkansas River, beyond everything you think you know about Pine Bluff, there’s more.
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There are tons of things to do in Pine Bluff for the entire family! Regardless of age, everyone will love the Arkansas Railroad Museum. The museum is home to the 819, the last steam engine built in the Cotton Belt Shops (the same building that now houses the Arkansas Railroad Museum).
Pine Bluff lies near the Arkansas River on the boundary of two of Arkansas' geographical regions. To the west and southwest stretch the rolling woodlands of the West Gulf Coastal Plain and to the east and southeast the terrain settles into the flat and largely agricultural expanse of the Delta.
Jul 26, 2024 · Like Jefferson County, Pine Bluff is a historical offspring of Arkansas Post (Arkansas County) —the first European foothold in Arkansas, founded in 1686 by the French and built near the mouth of the Arkansas River. The city thrived during the last part of the nineteenth century due to its status as a cotton center and river port.
Due to a great flood in 1819, Bonne and his wife, Mary Imbeau, moved five miles upstream from the Bonne Reserve to the place later named Pine Bluff. This was the first bluff above the mouth of the river and was covered by towering pine trees, the eastern boundary of the coastal plain of South Arkansas.
