page_title: Baxter County, Arkansas
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Baxter County, Arkansas / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: C. D. Wright
context_page_description: Baxter County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 41,513. The county seat is Mountain Home. It is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on March 24, 1873, and named for Elisha Baxter, the tenth governor of Arkansas.
  The Mountain Home, AR, Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Baxter County. It is in the northern part of the state, bordering Missouri. It is commonly referred to as the Twin Lakes Area because it is bordered by two of Arkansas' largest lakes, Bull Shoals Lake and Norfork Lake. On its southern border is the White River, Norfork Tailwater and the Buffalo National River.
  Mountain Home, a small town whose origins date back to the early nineteenth century, is located in north-central Arkansas on a plateau in the Ozark Mountains. The natural environment of nearby Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes and the surrounding countryside has attracted tourists from around the country for many years. Educational institutions have also played a role in the life of the community.
context_section_description: Richard Antrim – naval rear admiral, World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient
  Lonnie D. Bentley –  professor and the head of the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University
  Robbie Branscum – writer of children's books and young adult fiction
  Johnny R. Key - member of the Arkansas State Senate from Baxter County since 2009
  Richard A. Knaak – author of Minotaur Wars and other contributions to Dragonlance
  Carolyn D. Wright – poet, born in Mountain Home
caption: Carolyn D. Wright, poet
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