Gobbler (also known as Gobbler's Point) is an

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in southern

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, United States. The community is located at the intersection of

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and

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, approximately ten miles south of Green Forest.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 23-4 The location is on a ridge between the headwaters of Piney Creek to the northwest and a small tributary to Osage Creek to the southeast at an elevation of . The community was established in the 1800s by Alexander Wilson, who moved into the area from

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, where he was born in 1825. Wilson provided land for the community school, church and cemetery. The village school was active until the 1940s.History of Gobbler
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