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Pea Ridge
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city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Benton
- Total
- 7.58 sq mi (19.64 km )
- Land
- 7.58 sq mi (19.64 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,312 ft (400 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 11,233
- Density
- 864.9/sq mi (333.94/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 05-54200
- Website
- cityofpearidge .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pea Ridge
- Population
- 6559
- Area
- 19.118536
- Elevation
- 393
- Official website
- www.pea-ridge-ar.com
- Households
- 2746
- Dialing code
- 479
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- postal code
- 72751
- inception
- 1850-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.0197
- P8168
- Mai Kuraki
- water area
- 0.003761
- per capita income
- 27762
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Article
Pea Ridge is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The name Pea Ridge is derived from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of a ridge of the Ozark Mountains, and for the hog peanuts or turkey peas that had been originally cultivated by Native American tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide basic subsistence once those pioneer settlers arrived.
The rural town is best known as the location of the pivotal American Civil War engagement the Battle of Pea Ridge, or, as it is locally known, the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, which took place approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of the town. The site of the battle is preserved as the Pea Ridge National Military Park.