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Painters Bluff

Coordinates: 35°52′48″N 91°51′10″W / 35.8800739°N 91.8526457°W / 35.8800739; -91.8526457
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Painters Bluff is a cliff on the White River in southern Izard County, Arkansas.[1] The elevation of Painters Bluff is 764 feet (233 m).[1] The bluff rises above the north bank of the White River about one half mile east of the riverside community of Crocker. The river below the bluff is at an elevation of 280 feet.[2]

Variant names were "Painter Bluff" and "Penters Bluff".[1] According to tradition, the bluff was named after the local Penter family.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Painters Bluff
  2. ^ Mount Pleasant, Arkansas, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1942 (1979 rev.)
  3. ^ Geological Survey of Arkansas (1891). Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas ... Press Printing Company. p. 283.
  4. ^ "Penters Bluff (Izard County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

35°52′48″N 91°51′10″W / 35.8800739°N 91.8526457°W / 35.8800739; -91.8526457