Crystal Hill is an
unincorporated community in
Hill Township,
Pulaski County,
Arkansas, United States.
It is located along
Crystal Hill Road near the junction of
Interstate 40 (I-40) and
I-430
Interstate 430 (I-430) is a Interstate highway in Pulaski County, Arkansas, that bypasses the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock. I-430 begins at an interchange southwest of Downtown Little Rock with I-30, U.S. Highway 67 (U ...
.
History
When the Arkansas territorial legislature decided to move the capital from
Arkansas Post
The Arkansas Post (french: Poste de Arkansea) (Spanish: ''Puesto de Arkansas''), formally the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 168 ...
in 1820, governor
James Miller purchased land on Crystal Hill in an effort to profit by later selling it to the government as the new state capital. However, the final vote was between
Little Rock and
Cadron, a vote that selected Little Rock as territorial capital. Miller built a house and lived at Crystal Hill in protest until being appointed Collector of Customs in
Salem, Massachusetts by
James Monroe.
Crystal Hill was never platted or incorporated.
Education
Crystal Hill is in the
Pulaski County Special School District. It is zoned to Crystal Hill Elementary School, Maumelle Middle School, and
Maumelle High School.
References
Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas
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