Southeast

Fort Smith

Sebastian County, AR

Population

89,315

Walk Score

69 · Somewhat Walkable

Median rent

$798

Median home value

$155,600

Founded

1817

Fort Smith is the third-most populous city in Arkansas, United States, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of LeFlore and Sequoyah.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Camp Chaffee Historic District · listed 2011
  • Camp Chaffee Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) · listed 2015
  • Fishback Neighborhood Historic District · listed 2010
  • Fishback Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
  • Fitzgerald Historic District · listed 2018
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site · listed 1966
  • Fort Smith's Belle Grove Historic District · listed 1973
  • May-Lecta-Sweet Historic District · listed 2008
  • West Garrison Avenue Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1979
  • West Garrison Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2001

Notable landmarks

  • Adams, Harold, Office Building · listed 2014
  • Atkinson-Williams Warehouse · listed 1979
  • Ayers, William, House · listed 1999
  • Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224 · listed 1994
  • Bonneville House · listed 1971
  • Bracht, Karl Edward, House · listed 1979
  • Breckinridge, C. R., House · listed 1979
  • Chambers, Oscar, House · listed 2016
  • Clayton, W. H. H., House · listed 1970
  • Commercial Hotel · listed 1973
  • Crow, Dr. Neil, Sr., House · listed 2018
  • Dodson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 2006
  • Echols Memorial Christian Church · listed 2006
  • Elmwood Cemetery · listed 2018
  • Ferguson-Calderara House · listed 1979
  • First Evangelical Lutheran Church · listed 2017
  • Fort Chaffee Building 803
  • Fort Smith Masonic Temple · listed 1992
  • Fort Smith National Cemetery
  • Fort Smith National Cemetery · listed 1999
  • Fort Smith US Post Office and Courthouse · listed 1999
  • Jewish Cemetery · listed 2021
  • Knoble, Joseph, Brewery · listed 1972
  • Maumelle Ordnance Works Locomotive #1 · listed 2006
  • Murphy, William J., House · listed 1979
  • …and 14 more

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