Lake Dick, Arkansas

Lake Dick is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Lake Dick is northeast of Pine Bluff and south of Altheimer.

Lake Dick, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°15′07″N 91°50′19″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Jefferson
Elevation	210 ft (60 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	870
GNIS feature ID	77430[1]

The Resettlement Administration, a New Deal program which supported farming projects, established the community on the shore of Lake Dick in 1936. The administration built the community's buildings in the next two years and relocated 80 farming families from throughout Arkansas to the community. Unlike most Resettlement Administration farming communities, which divided farmland among their residents, Lake Dick was a cooperative farming project; families jointly participated in producing crops on community farmland according to a work schedule. Roughly one-third of the community's original buildings are still in place; most of the others, particularly the houses, have been relocated to other nearby settlements.[2]

The community was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. Kirk, Dianna (September 10, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Lake Dick" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

Further reading

• Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Arkansas (Map). 1:900,000. Rand, McNally & Co. 1898. LCCN 98688447. Retrieved July 4, 2017 – via Library of Congress.