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Richard Huff, Mayor
PO
Box 5
Evening Shade, AR 72532
(870) 266-4833
Brian Hull Reagen, Fire Chief
(870) 266-3267
Lonny Haley, Police Chief
Lonny Haley
(870) 266-3833
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Evening Shade Statistics
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Population
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465
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Land Square Miles
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1.58
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Water
Square Miles
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0.00
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Total
Square Miles
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1.58
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People
per Square Mile
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294.2
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*
information courtesy of the
Institute for Economic Advancement
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 Shadows cast
by tall pine trees overshadowing the mill owned by the postmaster, who had
filed for a posts office but had not thought of a name, created Evening Shade
in the year 1847.
Until 1963, Evening Shade was one of the two county seats, along with Hardy,
for Sharp County.
Evening Shade achieved additional fame in the 90's with a hit TV sitcom of
the same name. Stars of the show supported the town's efforts in marketing a
cookbook. Marketed by the Evening
Shade School,
sales generated sufficient funds to build a gymnasium and an auditorium named
after the show's star and creators, Burt Reynolds and Linda and Harry
Thomason.
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