Magnolia, Arkansas Magnolia, Arkansas Downtown Magnolia Downtown Magnolia Location in Columbia County and the state of Arkansas Location in Columbia County and the state of Arkansas Magnolia is a town/city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.

As of the 2010 census the populace was 11,577. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Columbia County.

Magnolia is home to the World's Largest Charcoal Grill and the World Championship Steak Cookoff, part of the Magnolia Blossom Festival.

The town/city interval slowly as an agricultural and county-wide cotton market until the discernment of petroleum just east of the town/city in March 1938, with the Barnett #1 drilled by the Kerr-Lynn Company.

The Magnolia Oil Field was an meaningful discernment , not just for the town/city but for the nation, as it was the biggest producing field (in volume) amid the early years of World War II, helping to fuel the American war accomplishment.

In March 2013 more than 5,000 barrels of petroleum leaked from a Lion Oil Trading & Transportation storage tank in Magnolia, with some flowing into a bayou. Magnolia is positioned in southwest Arkansas, north of the center of Columbia County at 33 16 27 N 93 14 1 W (33.274052, -93.233477). The average altitude is 336 ft (102 m) above sea level as stated to NOAA.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.3 square miles (34.4 km2), of which 0.027 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.21%, is water. Magnolia is positioned about 50 miles (80 km) east of Texarkana, about 135 miles (217 km) south of Little Rock, and about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Shreveport, Louisiana.

It has been known to snow a several times as late as April and as early as November in Magnolia.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 16.8% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.

Slowly the town grew, and in 1909 the Third District Agricultural School, later known as Magnolia A&M and Southern State College, now known as Southern Arkansas University, was founded.

During World War II Magnolia became a heavy manufacturing city.

In 1938 petroleum and natural gas were identified near the town/city in what was called the Magnolia Oil Field, the biggest producing field by volume in the country during the war.

Magnolia Public School System, 346 Magnolia is home to the Magnolia Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cookoff.

Magnolia is known locally for its downtown shopping on the square and for its natural beauty.

The town/city directed under a town/city council form of government until 2003.

Public schools in the Magnolia School District include: Magnolia Eastside Elementary (K-3) Magnolia Central Elementary (4-6) Magnolia Junior High School (7-9) Magnolia High School (10-12) Private schools in Magnolia include: Magnolia High School is known for its boys' track squads and baseball program.

The Magnolia Panthers compete in the Arkansas Activities Association 5 - A-Southwest conference.

Magnolia is incessantly the lead school in test scores in southwest Arkansas. Since 1999 Magnolia High School graduates have received well over $1 million in college scholarship cash each year, with the class of 2008 being first to reach $2 million in scholarship offers.

Magnolia is the home of Southern Arkansas University, a enhance college that offers four-year and advanced (Master's level) degrees in business, enhance administration, computer knowledge systems, education, counseling, education administration, and criminal justice.

Magnolia Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport positioned three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central company precinct of Magnolia. Downtown Magnolia Magnolia City Hall Bancorp South in Magnolia is positioned athwart from City Hall.

Farmers Bank and Trust Company in downtown Magnolia The Cameo Theater at 111 North Jackson in downtown Magnolia used to offer films on three screens.

Pioneer mural in downtown Magnolia Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author who writes what are referred to as the Sookie Stackhouse novels collected in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, the basis for the HBO show True Blood; lived in Magnolia 1959), former mayor of Magnolia and current Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Columbia, Lafayette, and Miller counties Johnson (1856 1933), Louisiana state senator from 1916 1924 and mayor of Homer; taught school near Magnolia in the 1890s Mc - Mahen, veterinarian from Springhill, Louisiana; sheriff of Webster Parish from 1980 to 1996, born in Magnolia in 1923; died 1999 Air Force; born in Magnolia 1916; died 2001. On January 12, 2007, Magnolia took in 2,325 acres (9.41 km2) east of the city, which includes approximately 1,100 citizens , increasing the populace to 11,578.

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