Mountain View, Arkansas For other places called "Mountain View", see Mountain View .

Mountain View, Arkansas Location in Stone County and the state of Arkansas Location in Stone County and the state of Arkansas Website Mountain View Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is the biggest city in and the governmental center of county of Stone County, Arkansas.

Located in the Ozarks, the town/city has a rich tradition of preserving folk music and culture.

Mountain View hosts the Ozark Folk Festival in April, various folk artists at Ozark Folk Center State Park throughout the year, and weekly music gatherings on the courthouse steps that are no-charge and open to the public.

The town's name comes from its locale in a valley bordered by the Blue Mountain Range of the Ozark Mountains.

Prior to the beginning of Mountain View in 1890, the town of Riggsville, established in 1819 by Thomas Augustus Riggs, existed immediately to the east remaining until after the Civil War, when suburbs with southern sympathies were to be retitled or moved altogether.

Mountain View was the locale of 1929 trial in the Connie Franklin murder case, in which the "victim" testified.

Mountain View is positioned at 35 51 54 N 92 6 31 W (35.864886, 92.108497). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km ), of which, 6.8 square miles (17.7 km ) of it is territory and 0.15% is water.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Mountain View has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Numerous hotels and restaurants exist to serve travelers who come to visit the close-by Blanchard Springs Caverns, in Fifty-Six, Arkansas, The Ozark Folk Center State Park, and Loco Ropes Treetop Adventure Park.

However, the majority of visitors to Mountain View come to attend one of the two primary celebrations held here every year, and to appreciate the impromptu folk music jam sessions that occur around the courthouse square.

The Stone County Iron Works, a nationally known business that produces iron furniture, fixtures and homewares, is headquartered in Mountain View.

Stone County, along with neighboring Arkansas counties, is a dry county.

Much of downtown Mountain View's initial buildings are assembled using native stone, giving the courthouse square a distinct ive look and feel Local celebrations play an integral part in Mountain View's economy and culture, and the town/city is widely know throughout the nation for its hospitality, uniqueness and relaxed pace of life.

As such, thousands of citizens travel to Mountain View each year to attend one of these affairs, and get a taste of Ozark Mountain culture.

Other small-town festivals encompassed the Mountain View Bluegrass Festival, held in both mid-March and mid-November; An Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, held on July 3 and 4; and the Ozark Mountain Christmas, held throughout the month of December.

The Ozark Folk Center plays host to a several affairs throughout the year, including live concerts by well-known artist such as the Old Crow Medicine Show and Del Mc - Coury, the Arkansas State Fiddle Championships, and workshops teaching banjo, dulcimer, and other folk crafts.

The town/city is also home to the chief campus of the Mountain View School District, a secondary school that also maintains campuses in Timbo, Arkansas and Fox, Arkansas.

Missy Irvin (born 1971), Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from Mountain View Jimmy Driftwood (1907 1998), folk songwriter and musician; born in Timbo, Arkansas near Mountain View. Freda Cruse Atwell (born 1957), photographer and author; born Mountain View, Arkansas "Mountain View Arkansas Chamber of Commerce".

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