Monkey Run is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Baxter County, Arkansas Baxter County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 41,627. The county seat is Mountain Home. It is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on March 24, 1873, and named for Elisha Baxter, the tent ...

, United States. The community is on

Arkansas Highway 126 Highway 126 (AR 126, Ark. 126, and Hwy. 126) is a designation for two north–south state highways in Baxter County, Arkansas. A southern route of runs from Buffalo City north to US Route 62/ US Route 412 (US 62/US ...

approximately 1.5 mile (2.4 km) south of the

Ozark Regional Airport Baxter County Airport , is a county-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Mountain Home, a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It was known as ...

and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Mountain Home via

Arkansas Highway 178 Highway 178 (AR 178, Ark. 178, and Hwy. 178) is a designation for two east–west state highways in the Ozark Mountains. One segment begins near Flippin and runs east across Bull Shoals Dam to downtown Mountain Home. A second segment begins i ...

History

The community's heyday was 1900 to the

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. Seven different

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mines operated around Monkey Run, with ore shipped by wagon to

Cotter, Arkansas Cotter is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 970 at the 2010 census. History Native American Bluff Dwellers were the original inhabitants of the area now known as Cotter. When Native Americans were moved westw ...

. The community was originally named Pilgrim's Rest, but was renamed by a storekeeper who watched a group of boys playing tag and exclaimed, "watch them monkeys run". A later attempt by a vegetable canning plant to change the name to Pleasant Valley never took hold.

References

Unincorporated communities in Baxter County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{BaxterCountyAR-geo-stub