unincorporated community
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Arkansas
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, United States. Briggsville is located on
Arkansas Highway 28
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post office
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'' wrote that the only notable features of Briggsville were the highway, some of its houses, and the Fourche Valley School.
Briggsville is the hometown of actor
Jacob Lofland
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At a Democratic Party rally in
Russellville, Arkansas
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in 1976,
Bill Clinton
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spoke of "the breathtaking beauty of our Arkansas spring", and then listed several towns including Briggsville; "I know them all, and they are home to me because of you".
Education
Two Rivers School District
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serves the area. It operates two schools: Two Rivers Elementary School and Two Rivers High School.
Previously it was assigned to the Fourche Valley School, a K-12 school, operated by the
Arkansas Department of Education
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. Retrieved on October 21, 2017. The merged district continued to operate the Fourche Valley School until 2009, when the majority of the members of the district board voted to close it. Students were reassigned to Plainview-Rover Elementary School and
Plainview-Rover High School
Plainview-Rover High School was a high school in Plainview, Arkansas, serving grades 7–12. In its final years it was a part of the Two Rivers School District. It served the communities of Plainview and Rover.
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It was previously a part of ...
. In 2010 the latter closed due to the opening of the consolidated Two Rivers High School, and the Plainview-Rover elementary consolidated into Two Rivers Elementary in 2012.State Required Information "
Plainview-Rover School District
Plainview-Rover School District was a school district headquartered in Plainview, Arkansas, serving Plainview and Rover. Jimmy Cunningham was the last superintendent.