what county is atkins, ar in
In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, many people moved to Atkins from the once prosperous antebellum town of Galley Rock (Pope County), also known as Galla Rock, which sat seven miles southwest of Atkins on the northern banks of the Arkansas River. After Atkins had approximately 300 residents, D. M. Mourning and Ben T. Embry petitioned for incorporation.