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  2. The Eureka Improvement Company can be credited with at least two major contributions to the development of the town as a popular resort. The first was funding and constructing the Eureka Springs Railroad. In 1880 the nearest railroad terminal was the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad depot in Pierce City, Missouri, 55 miles from Eureka Springs.

  3. In 1881 Eureka Springs became a city of the first class with a population of 5,000. This granted the city more authority to govern; however at the same time the land office would not officially grant the town site application until the legal problems over classification of the site were settled.

  4. The City of Eureka Springs was founded and named on July 4, 1879. As word of Eureka’s miraculous, healing waters began to spread, thousands of visitors flocked to the original encampment of tents and hastily built shanties.

  5. Jan 29, 2024 · In 2007, the city council voted to create a registry of domestic partnerships, and in 2010 Eureka Springs became the only city in Arkansas to provide city employee health insurance coverage for domestic partners.

    • 6.76 square miles (2020 Census)
    • 36º24’04″N 093º44’16″W
    • 1,329 feet
    • 2,166 (2020 Census)
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  6. On February 14, 1880, Eureka Springs was incorporated as a city. Thousands of visitors came to the springs based on Saunders's promotion, and covered the area with tents and shanties. In 1881, Eureka Springs enjoyed the status of Arkansas's fourth-largest city, and by 1889 it had become the second largest city, behind Little Rock.

  7. Aug 18, 2022 · Five of Eureka Springs’ six city council members filed to seek re-election, with three of them facing challengers. Autumn Slane, who holds the Ward 1, Position 1 seat on the council, is being challenged by Laura Jo Smole, who held the Ward 1, Position 2 seat before resigning for health reasons in October 2021.

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