Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States
Varner is an
unincorporated community in
Lincoln County ,
Arkansas , United States. Its elevation is 177 ft (54 m).
[1] Varner is located southeast of
Little Rock .
[2]
History
In 1952, Varner had three residents.
[3]
In 1958, Varner, which had five residents, had a crossroads, gas station and a store.
[4]
By 1975, parts of the area were within the boundary of the
Cummins Unit .
[5] The center of the community is now entirely in ADC land.
[6]
Government and infrastructure
The Cummins/Varner Volunteer Fire Department provides fire services.
[7] The station is along
Arkansas Highway 388 .
[8]
Varner houses the
Arkansas Department of Correction
Varner Unit .
[9]
[10] The
Cummins Unit is located nearby.
[11] The main campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School is located behind the Varner Unit.
[12]
Education
In 1952 the area was zoned to the
Grady School District .
[3]
References
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a
b
"Varner, Arkansas" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey ,
United States Department of the Interior .
^ Parker, Suzi. "
Mother set for execution Arkansas woman not asking for clemency ."
The Dallas Morning News . May 2, 2000. Retrieved on March 4, 2011. "The 28-year-old nurse convicted of murdering her two small children in 1997 is scheduled to receive lethal injection Tuesday after 6 p.m. in the Cummins prison unit in Varner, southeast of Little Rock."
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a
b
"Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Lincoln County, 1952-1954" . Arkansas Digital Archives .
Arkansas State Archives . (
Download )
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Federal Writers' Project . Arkansas: A Guide to the State . US History Publishers, 1958.
277 . Retrieved from
Google Books on March 5, 2011.
ISBN
1-60354-004-0 ,
ISBN
978-1-60354-004-9
^ "
190 km SW of Memphis, Tennessee, United States 7/1/1975 ." Microsoft Research Maps. Retrieved on September 24, 2011.
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"General Highway Map Lincoln County, Arkansas" (PDF) .
Arkansas Department of Transportation . Archived from
the original (PDF) on August 22, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021 .
^ "
Fire Department Ratings ." Fox 16. Retrieved on March 5, 2011.
^ "
Cummings Volunteer Fire Station ." [
sic ]
United States Geological Survey . Retrieved on May 5, 2011. "State Highway 388, Grady, Ar 71644"
^ "
Escaped killer suspect in murder ."
Eugene Register-Guard . Tuesday October 5, 1999. 2A. Retrieved from
Google News (2 of 21) on March 5, 2011. "Williams escaped from the Cummins Unit maximum-security prison in Varner[...]"
^ "
New hearing ordered for 3 in Ark. scout deaths ."
Associated Press at the
Worcester Telegram . Wednesday September 29, 2010. Retrieved on March 5, 2011. "Damien Echols is interviewed in the visiting area of the Arkansas Department of Correction Varner Unit prison in Varner,"
^ "
Arkansas killer plans no more appeals He is to die Wednesday in '84 death of trooper ."
Associated Press at
The Dallas Morning News . April 18, 1995. Retrieved on March 5, 2011. "[...] and he was transferred to the death watch cell at the Cummins Unit near Varner."
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Campuses
Archived 2011-07-27 at the
Wayback Machine ." Riverside Vocational Technical School. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.