unincorporated community
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Arkansas
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, United States. It has frequently been noted on lists of
unusual place names
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History
In the early 1890s a new gristmill opened in the area. There was a celebratory baseball game after which a schoolteacher addressed the crowd and suggested the name Umpire for the new post office. That is because the Umpire did an outstanding job overseeing the game.
On April 24, 2011, an EF1 tornado causing some damage, traveled from Umpire to Mineola parallel to Arkansas State Route 84.
On April 13, 2018, an EF2 tornado caused some damage travelled from Kirby Road north crossing Battle Hill Road, then Highway 278 to Shady Lake in the
Ouachita National Forest
The Ouachita National Forest is a vast congressionally-designated United States National Forest, National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of extreme-eastern Oklahoma, USA.
History
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Education
Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary school students is available from the
Cossatot River School District
Cossatot River School District is a public school district located along the Cossatot River and is based in Wickes, Arkansas, United States. The Cossatot River School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for ...
, which includes the Umpire Schools: Umpire Elementary School and Umpire High School. The school's mascot is the ''Wildcats'' and blue and white serve as the school colors. There is also a small Seventh-day Adventist School in Umpire.
On July 1, 2004, the former Umpire School District was consolidated into the
Wickes School District
Wickes School District was a school district headquartered in Wickes, Arkansas.
It occupied territory in Polk, Sevier, and Howard County, Arkansas counties.
It served Wickes, Grannis, and Umpire.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 ...