New Gascony, Arkansas Explained

New Gascony, Arkansas
Pushpin Map:Arkansas
Pushpin Label:New Gascony
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Arkansas
Coordinates:34.2264°N -91.7764°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jefferson
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Bogy
Established Title:Founded
Founder:Antoine Barraque
Named For:Gascony, France
Unit Pref:US
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:– 06:00
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:– 05:00
Elevation Ft:194
Area Code Type:Area code (s)
Area Code:870
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:77813

New Gascony, also known as Barraque Landing,[1] is an unincorporated community in Jefferson county, Arkansas, United States. New Gascony is 13miles west of Pine Bluff, the county seat. It was founded by Antoine Barraque, a 19th-century landowner, on November 29, 1832,[2] [3] and named for the Gascony region of France.[4]

Education

It is a part of the Pine Bluff School District.[5] The schools serving New Gascony are Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and Dollarway High School.

New Gascony was previously in the Altheimer School District.[6] The Altheimer-Sherrill district was created in 1979 when the Altheimer and Sherrill districts merged.[7] In 1993,[8] that merged into the Altheimer Unified School District (operator of Altheimer-Sherrill High School).[9] [10] That district merged into the Dollarway School District on July 10, 2006.[11] Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High.[12] Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013.[13]

In December 2020 the Arkansas State Board of Education ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district began operating all existing schools from both districts.[14] Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD territory.[15] The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.[16] In 2023 the district announced that Dollarway High would merge into Pine Bluff High School, and that Morehead Middle School would become the only middle school for all of the Pine Bluff School District.[17]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Holweck. F. G.. Frederick George Holweck. Souvay. Charles L.. October 1918. The Arkansas Mission Under Rosati. St. Louis Catholic Historical Review. 1. 1. St. Louis, Mo.. The Catholic Historical Society of St. Louis. 251. 1085338099. Internet Archive.
  2. Encyclopedia: Teske . Steven . Antoine Barraque (1773–1858) . January 26, 2021 . . June 21, 2010 . . Little Rock, Arkansas . 2962.
  3. Book: United States. National Archives and Records Service. . 1954 . The Territorial papers of the United States . XXI: The Territory of Arkansas, 1829–1836, Continued . Compiled and edited by Clarence Edwin Carter . Washington . . 483 . Publication No. 56–10.
  4. Book: . Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas . Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis . . 1889 . 128 . 01001243 . 24190554M . Internet Archive.
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-06-29. – The map shows Dollarway School District as not yet merged into Pine Bluff School District; the merger occurred on July 1, 2021.
  6. Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952–1954 Jefferson County, 1952–1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. December 31, 1954. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)
  7. Web site: Goatcher. Truett. School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?. Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. January 1999. 14 (PDF p. 17/27).
  8. "Altheimer Unified School District No. 22 Jefferson County, Arkansas General Purpose Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2001." Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas Legislature. Retrieved on August 2, 2017. page 3 (PDF p. 5/22).
  9. Web site: General Highway Map Jefferson County, Arkansas. Arkansas Department of Transportation. 2021-02-25. May 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200508202700/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/JeffersonCounty.pdf. dead. – See Sweden on the map.
  10. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Jefferson County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Compare with the highway map. Note that the map indicates a separate boundary for Altheimer Unified schools, but the district already consolidated with Dollarway in 2006.
  11. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.
  12. Web site: Colvin. Eplunus. Closing schools took life out of Altheimer, residents recall. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 2020-10-02. 2021-02-24.
  13. News: Hardy, Benjamin. School's out forever. Arkansas Times. 2016-07-28. 2017-07-31.
  14. Web site: Howell. Cynthia. State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 2020-12-11. 2021-02-23.
  15. Web site: Annexation/Transition FAQ. Pine Bluff School District. 2021-02-23.
  16. Web site: Murrel. I. C.. Dollarway alumni honor district. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. 2021-06-28. 2021-07-04.
  17. Web site: Murrell. I. C.. Pine Bluff School District will consolidate junior, senior highs this fall. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. 2023-03-01. 2023-03-03.

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