Tulip is an
unincorporated community in
Dallas County Dallas County may refer to:
Places in the USA:
* Dallas County, Alabama, founded in 1818, the first county in the United States by that name
* Dallas County, Arkansas
* Dallas County, Iowa
* Dallas County, Missouri
* Dallas County, Texas, the nint ...
,
Arkansas, United States.
The community is on
Arkansas Highway 9 west of
Carthage.
Tulip was settled shortly after Arkansas became a state in 1836. It was originally known as both Brownsville and Smithville after local settlers before adopting its current name, which came from either the area's large
tulip tree
''Liriodendron'' () is a genus of two species of characteristically large trees, deciduous over most of their populations, in the magnolia family (Magnoliaceae).
These trees are widely known by the common name tulip tree or tuliptree for their ...
population or the
mnemonic for the
five points of Calvinism. The community prospered in its early years; a local pottery industry developed, and the Arkansas Military Institute and Tulip Female Collegiate Seminary opened there in 1850. In the same year, the state's first monthly magazine, appropriately named the ''Tulip'', began publication in Tulip. The community declined after the
Civil War began, as most of its male population left to fight in the war and never returned. Tulip presently comprises a small collection of houses, churches, and abandoned buildings.
There are three sites on the
National Register of Historic Places which are in or near Tulip: the
Butler-Matthews Homestead,
Tulip Cemetery, and the
Welch Pottery Works
The Welch Pottery Works of Dallas County, Arkansas, were active from c. 1851 to c. 1891. The pottery works, consisting of a kiln, sawmill, and other facilities, was established by the Bird brothers, who had been operating another kiln near Tuli ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Dallas County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas
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