Combs 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 southern Madison 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. It is located on

Arkansas Highway 16 Arkansas Highway 16 (AR 16) is a designation for three List of state highways in Arkansas, state highways in Arkansas. One segment of runs from U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas, U.S. Route 412 (US 412) in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Siloam Springs eas ...

at the southern terminus of AR 295."Madison County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
AHTD Madison County map
Retrieved on July 3, 2010. The community is within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest and just south of the upper White River. The community of Brashears is about two miles east on route 16. The population was 431 as of the 2021 census, the overwhelming majority of which was white.

History

A post office was established at Combs in 1888. The community has the name of Captain Hiram Hite Combs (1832-1917), a first settler.

References

Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{MadisonCountyAR-geo-stub