Eureka Springs

About Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States, and one of two county seats for the county. It is located in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, near the border with Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,166.

In 1970, the entire city, as of its borders at that time, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Eureka Springs Historic District. Eureka Springs has been selected as one of America's Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Eureka Springs was originally called "The Magic City", "Little Switzerland of the Ozarks", and later the "Stairstep Town" because of its mountainous terrain and the winding, up-and-down paths of its streets and walkways.

It is a tourist destination for its unique character as a Victorian resort, which first attracted visitors to use its then-believed healing springs. The city has steep, winding streets filled with Victorian-style cottages and manors. The historic commercial downtown of the city has an extensive streetscape of well-preserved Victorian buildings. The buildings are primarily constructed of local stone, built along limestone streets that curve around the hills, and rise and fall with the topography in a five-mile-long loop. Some buildings have street-level entrances on more than one floor and other such oddities: the Basin Park Hotel has its front entrances on the floor below first, and a ground-level emergency exit in the back of the building on the fifth floor. The streets wind around the town, with few intersecting at right angles. There are no traffic lights.

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Living in Eureka Springs

Median household income

$38,425

Median home value

$245,300

Median rent

$887/mo

Median age

52.8

Map of Eureka Springs

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Eureka Springs, AR population

Eureka Springs had 2,166 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Eureka Springs at a glance

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Towns near Eureka Springs

• Beaver4.6 mi N
• Holiday Island5.1 mi N
• Chain-O-Lakes, MO8.6 mi N
• Lost Bridge Village9.7 mi W
• Golden, MO9.8 mi NE
• Eagle Rock, MO9.9 mi N
• Berryville10.1 mi E
• Arrow Point, MO11.4 mi NE
• Gateway11.8 mi NW
• Emerald Beach, MO12.0 mi N
• Seligman, MO13.4 mi NW
• Garfield13.4 mi W

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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