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Rhea, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°00′51.3″N 94°24′10.8″W / 36.014250°N 94.403000°W / 36.014250; -94.403000
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Washington
Township	Rhea's Mill
Elevation	1,129 ft (344 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72744
Area code	479
GNIS feature ID	81890
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rhea, Arkansas

Rhea (formerly Rhea Mill and Rhea's Mill; pronounced ray /reɪ/) is an unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on a county road north of Lincoln and Lincoln Lake. Weddington Mountain is just to the west.

History

Variant names were "Rhea Mills" and "Rheas Mills". A post office called Rheas Mills was established in 1867; the name was changed to Rhea Mills in 1893, again to Rhea in 1894, and the post office closed in 1963. The community has the name of William H. Rhea, an early postmaster.

References

1. ^ "Rhea, Arkansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
2. Holt, Alfred H. (1969). American Place Names. Detroit: Gale Research Company. p. 159. ISBN 9780810332355. Retrieved November 7, 2022. The same 'ray' in Rea, Mo., Rhea, Ark. and Okla., and Rhea County, Tenn.
3. Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 22. ISBN 0-89933-345-1.
4. ^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 321.
5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Fayetteville
Cities	Elkins Elm Springs‡ Farmington Fayetteville Greenland Johnson Lincoln Prairie Grove Springdale‡ Tontitown West Fork Winslow
Town	Goshen
Townships	Boston Brush Creek Cane Hill Center Cove Creek Crawford Durham Dutch Mills Elkins Elm Springs Farmington Fayetteville Goshen Greenland Harmon Illinois Johnson Lee's Creek Lincoln Litteral Marrs Hill Morrow Prairie Prairie Grove Reed Rhea's Mill Richland Springdale Starr Hill Tontitown Valley Vineyard Wedington West Fork White River Winslow Wyman
CDPs	Canehill Cincinnati Evansville Morrow Summers
Other unincorporated communities	Appleby Arnett Baldwin Banyard Black Oak Blackburn Blue Springs Village Brentwood Clyde Durham Dutch Mills Fayette Junction Floss Gulley Habberton Harmon Harris Hazel Velley Hicks Hogeye Hubbard Mayfield McNair Mount Olive Oak Grove Odell Onda Pilgrim's Rest Pitkin Corner Rhea Rochelle Riviera Savoy Shady Grove Skylight Sonora Spring Valley Starks Steele Strain Strickler Sulphur City Sunset Suttle Tolu Tuttle Viney Grove Walnut Grove War Eagle Cove Weddington Wedington Woods Wheeler White Rock Woolsey Wyman Wyola
Ghost towns	Barbara Blewford Carter McGuire Sexton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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