Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Counties
- Independence , Sharp
- Townships
- Barren (Independence), Cave (Sharp)
- Founded by
- James Andrew Laman and John William Laman
- Total
- 2.56 sq mi (6.62 km )
- Land
- 2.56 sq mi (6.62 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 653 ft (199 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 1,987
- Density
- 751.7/sq mi (290.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 05-12280
- Website
- www .cavecity .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Cave City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Sharp County
- Population
- 1922
- Area
- 6.737699
- Elevation
- 206
- Image
- Cave City sign.jpg
- Households
- 801
- Dialing code
- 870
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- postal code
- 72521
- inception
- 1890-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 16969
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Encyclopedic overview
Cave City is a city in Independence and Sharp counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The population was 1,922 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city was named for a large cave underneath the Crystal River Tourist Camp, which is the oldest motor court in Arkansas. Cave City is known for its award-winning "world's sweetest" watermelons and holds an annual watermelon festival in July.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cave City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.