Morrilton

Arkansas, United States
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Morrilton, city, seat (1883) of Conway county, central Arkansas, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Little Rock, in the Arkansas River valley. Settlement in the area originated in 1819 at Lewisburg, a trading post founded by Stephen Lewis. The post became an important river port on Point Remove Creek, and in the 1870s the Little Rock and Fort Smith (now Union Pacific) Railroad was built a mile north. The population soon relocated to the railroad, and the new settlement was named for Henry Morrill, a Lewisburg resident. Morrilton developed as an agricultural trading and processing centre, especially for ...(100 of 152 words)