Semantic Tag: Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville is the third-largest city in Arkansas and county seat of Washington County. The population estimated at 73,580 people places Fayetteville 105th among US cities for size. It’s located on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains deep within Ozark country; early settlers called it “Washington” until 1829 when they named their new hometown after a Tennessee town many had come from. Incorporated November 3rd, 1836 with rechartering coming in 1867 (the year before Reconstruction began), this four-county Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area outpaced its regional competitors by growing 20% between 2000 and 2010 to rank as one of America’s fastest expanding metros