The city of North Little Rock is just across the river from Little Rock, but it is a separate city. Northwest of the city limits are Pinnacle Mountain and Lake Maumelle, which provides Little Rock's drinking water. The western part of the city is in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Fourche Creek and Rock Creek run through the city, and flow into the river. Little Rock is on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Central Arkansas. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 116.8 square miles (303 km 2), of which 116.2 square miles (301 km 2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km 2) (0.52%) is water. Though there was an effort to officially name the city "Arkopolis" upon its founding in the 1820s, and that name did appear on a few maps made by the US Geological Survey, the name Little Rock is eventually what stuck. Travelers referred to the area as the "Little Rock". It was named in 1722 by French explorer and trader Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, marked the transition from the flat Mississippi Delta region to the Ouachita Mountain foothills. Little Rock was named for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark. Historical tribes of the area were the Caddo, Quapaw, Osage, Choctaw, and Cherokee. The early inhabitants may have been the Folsom people, Bluff Dwellers, and Mississippian culture peoples who built earthwork mounds recorded in 1541 by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. History įor a chronological guide, see Timeline of Little Rock, Arkansas.Īrcheological artifacts provide evidence of Native Americans inhabiting Central Arkansas for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. The Little Rock is across the river from The Big Rock, a large bluff at the edge of the river, which was once used as a rock quarry. The Little Rock was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing. Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called the "Little Rock" (French: La Petite Roche).
Two major Interstate highways, Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, meet in Little Rock, with the Port of Little Rock serving as a shipping hub. State government is a large employer, with many offices downtown. Other corporations, such as Amazon, Dassault Falcon Jet, LM Wind Power, Simmons Bank, Euronet Worldwide, AT&T, and Entergy have large operations in the city. The city is the headquarters of Dillard's, Windstream Communications, Acxiom, Stephens Inc., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, Winrock International, the Clinton Foundation, and the Rose Law Firm.
Little Rock's history is available through history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods of Little Rock like the Quapaw Quarter, and historic sites such as Little Rock Central High School. Several cultural institutions are in Little Rock, such as the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, in addition to hiking, boating, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within Arkansas and the South.
The six-county Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city derived its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" ( French: La Petite Roche) by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in 1722. As the county seat of Pulaski County, the city was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city's population was 202,591 in 2020 according to the United States Census Bureau. Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S.
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