Mozart is an
unincorporated community in
Stone County,
Arkansas, United States.
It is in the
Ozark Mountains region of the northern part of the state located on
Arkansas Highway 263
Highway 263 (AR 263, Ark. 263, and Hwy. 263) is a north–south List of Arkansas state highways, state highway in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. A low-volume, two-lane road, Highway 263 connects several rural unincorporated communities to the s ...
.
History
The area was settled as an outgrowth of the
Timbo and
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
communities. It had a
post office from 1926 to 1959, when service was transferred to Fox. Named for
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, local histories contend it was named either by the postmaster's daughter, who was a fan of Mozart, or by
Austrian immigrants to the area.
The Skyland School served Mozart from 1926 until school consolidation in 1946 brought the area into the
Rural Special School District. Rural Special was merged into
Mountain View School District in 2004.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Stone County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas