Fayetteville is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States, and its county seat. The population was 93,949 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 106,623 in 2025, making it the second-most populous city in Arkansas and the most populous city in Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, within the Ozarks. It is included in the three-county Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, with 546,725 residents in 2020.
Southeast
Fayetteville
Washington County, AR
Population
95,022
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$944
Median home value
$291,300
Founded
1828
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Fayetteville Veterans Administration Hospital · listed 2012
- Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, II, Homestead District · listed 2019
- Meadow Spring Historic District
- Meadow Spring Historic District · listed 2019
- Mount Nord Historic District · listed 1982
- Mount Sequoyah Cottages · listed 2012
- Mount Sequoyah Historic District · listed 2022
- North Garvin Drive Historic District · listed 2022
- University of Arkansas Campus Historic District · listed 2009
- Washington-Willow Historic District · listed 1980
- Washington-Willow Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1995
- West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District · listed 2007
- Wilson Park Historic District · listed 1995
Notable landmarks
- Agriculture Building-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville · listed 1992
- Anderson, John and Elisabeth, House · listed 2023
- Anderson, John and Elisabeth, House
- Anderson, John and Elisabeth, House
- Anderson-Taylor House · listed 2021
- Bank of Fayetteville Building, Old · listed 1994
- Business Administration Building-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville · listed 1992
- Butterfield Overland Mail Route Fayetteville Segments Historic District · listed 2009
- Carnall, Ella, Hall · listed 1982
- Chemistry Building-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville · listed 1992
- Chi Omega Chapter House · listed 1995
- Chi Omega Greek Theatre-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville · listed 1992
- Clack House · listed 2006
- Clark, Joe Marsh and Maxine, House · listed 2020
- Clinton House · listed 2010
- Combs, Nathan, House · listed 1976
- Deepwood House · listed 2018
- Durst, David and Mary Margaret, House · listed 2015
- Ellis Building · listed 2019
- Evergreen Cemetery · listed 1997
- Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery · listed 1993
- Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 1 · listed 2015
- Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3 · listed 2015
- Fayetteville National Cemetery
- Fayetteville National Cemetery · listed 1999
- …and 54 more
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