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Earle, Arkansas Earle is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,831. Geography Earle is located in western Crittenden County at (35.270405, -90.464841). U.S. Route 64 passes through the northern part of ...
, is located south of Main Street and west of Commerce Street, on the north side of the
Missouri-Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...
tracks in the center of town. Completed in 1922, this brick single-story depot exhibits architectural features common to those built by the railroad in that period, with extended eaves supported by large brackets. The station was designed to support passenger and small freight traffic, and served the railroad until 1969. The depot was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1986.


Crittenden County Museum

Since October 1987 the railroad depot houses the Crittenden County Museum. Exhibits of the museum include cotton farming, broom-making, early settlements and history of Crittenden County, schools and doctors. The art exhibit includes works by nationally acclaimed Arkansas Delta artist and Earle native son,
Carroll Cloar Carroll Cloar (January 18, 1913 – April 10, 1993) was a nationally known 20th-century painter born in Earle, Arkansas, who focused his work on surreal views of Southern U.S. themes and on poetically portraying childhood memories of natural sce ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Crittenden County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Crittenden County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Crittenden Count ...


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Crittenden County Museum
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Railway stations in the United States opened in 1922 Transportation in Crittenden County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Crittenden County, Arkansas Earle Former railway stations in Arkansas Railway stations in the United States closed in 1969 {{CrittendenCountyAR-NRHP-stub