Arkana is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Baxter County,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

, United States. The community is located along Arkansas Highway 201. The rural crossroads was initially known as Gobbler's Flat from an abundance of

wild turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of Turkey (bird), turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey (''M. g. dom ...

. It was home to a large general store and post office that served the local population. The Arkana school once had the largest enrollment in Baxter County.

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