Timbo is an
unincorporated community
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in
Stone County,
Arkansas
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, United States. It is in the
Ozark Mountains
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region of the northern part of the state and is near the town of
Mountain View.
Timbo is known particularly for its strong tradition of
old-time music
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, contra dance, clogging, and buck dancing. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering ...
. Music legend
Jimmy Driftwood
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music, folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans (song), ...
lived there. In 1959,
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activ ...
recorded music in Timbo (as well as in
Heber Springs
Heber Springs is a city in and the county seat of Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,969 as of the 2020 Census.
Geography
Heber Springs is located near the center of Cleburne County. Arkansas Highway 5 bypasses the ...
,
Hughes, and
Landis
Timbo's ZIP code is 72680, although it previously used the ZIP code 72657, which was formerly served by the small post office at nearby
Newnata, Arkansas, Newnata (which is no longer in operation).
Education
Public education is provided by Timbo Elementary School and
Timbo High School, which are in the
Mountain View School District.
Timbo and its schools were previously a part of the
Stone County School District. On July 1, 2004, it consolidated with
Rural Special School District into the existing Mountain View School District.
[ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]
" Arkansas Department of Education
The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education.
The ADE also contains the Arkansas ...
. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
References
Unincorporated communities in Stone County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas
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