Batesville, Arkansas Batesville, Arkansas Independence County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Batesville Highlighted.svg Website Official Website for the City of Batesville, Arkansas Batesville is the governmental center of county and biggest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles (183 km) northeast of Little Rock, the state capital.

According to the 2010 Census, the populace of the town/city was 10,248. The town/city serves as a county-wide manufacturing and distribution core for the Ozark Mountain region and northeast Arkansas.

Batesville is the second earliest municipality in the state of Arkansas, after Georgetown.

It was titled for the first territorial delegate from Arkansas to the Congress of the United States, James Woodson Bates, who settled in the town.

In early days, Batesville was an meaningful port on the White River and served as an entry point to the interior of northern Arkansas.

Batesville played a large part in the settling of the Ozark Mountains region and served as the central territory office for northern Arkansas.

The first known settlement of the Batesville region was in 1810 near the mouth of Polk Bayou, and by 1819 the town had a ferry athwart the White River and about a dozen homes.

Batesville became the governmental center of county in 1821.

On 25 September 1836, shortly after Arkansas was granted its statehood, Governor Conway incorporated Batesville Academy, the state's first academy.

Batesville presently has only one high school inside the town/city limits, Batesville High School.

Also, Batesville is the home of Lyon College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and noted for the annual Arkansas Scottish Festival each spring.

In addition, the town/city is home to the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB), and NASCAR driver Mark Martin.

Batesville is positioned at 35 46 25 N 91 38 29 W (35.773488, -91.641338). Batesville lies on the White River.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.11 square miles (28.8 km2), of which 10.98 square miles (28.4 km2) is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.3 km2) (0.12%) is water.

Batesville Public Schools are part of the Batesville School District, Arkansas.

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Summary for Batesville, Arkansas City of Batesville, the official website of the City of Batesville Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: Batesville (Independence County) Municipalities and communities of Independence County, Arkansas, United States County seat: Batesville Batesville Cave City Cushman Newark Southside Alvis Bailey Bethesda Big Spring Mill, Arkansas Bryant Cedar Grove (Dota Twp) Cedar Grove (Liberty Twp) Charlotte Clearview Estates Collietown Cord Cushman Junction Dennison Heights Desha Dota Dowdy Dunnington Earnheart Elmo Floral Gaineboro Harmontown Hazel Grove Hickory Valley Huff Hutchinson Jamestown Limedale Limedale Junction Locust Grove Maple Springs Mc - Hue Meadow Heights Mount Carmel Mount Zion New Hope O'Neal Paroquet Pattonville Pfeiffer Pleasant Hill Quail Valley The Quarry Riverview Rosie Ruddell Hill Rutherford Salado Sandtown Sharp Simmons Thida Union Hill Walnut Grove Wrenton 1821 establishments in Arkansas Territory - Cities in Arkansas - Cities in Independence County, Arkansas - Micropolitan areas of Arkansas - Populated places established in 1821 - County seats in Arkansas - University suburbs in the United States - Batesville, Arkansas