Doddridge 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 Miller County,

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, United States, approximately five miles north of the

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border. Doddridge is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 160 and U.S. Route 71, and

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(former Highway 549) passes through the area, connecting it to Texarkana and Louisiana, as well as the confluence of the

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and

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rivers. Although unincorporated, Doddridge has a

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, with the ZIP code of 71834. The community is part of the Texarkana, TX– Texarakana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is within the Fouke School District. It was previously served by the Bright Star School District, which operated the Bright Star School in Doddridge.Home
Bright Star School District. October 20, 2001. Retrieved on May 14, 2018. "Rt. 1 Box 222 Doddridge, AR 71834" On July 1, 2004, the Bright Star School District was merged into the Fouke School District."." ()

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. Retrieved on March 6, 2011.

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Unincorporated communities in Miller County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Texarkana metropolitan area {{MillerCountyAR-geo-stub