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Conway was named and became the county seat of Faulkner County in 1873. The town was incorporated in 1875. Robinson personally pledged land for the courthouse square, and several local churches. | Conway was named and became the county seat of Faulkner County in 1873. The town was incorporated in 1875. Robinson personally pledged land for the courthouse square, and several local churches. | ||
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Revision as of 13:46, 28 May 2009
Colonel Asa P. Robinson was a chief railroad engineer for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad and the founder of Conway, Arkansas.
Robinson received one square mile of land south of the Cadron Ridge in Faulkner County, extending south roughly from what is today Prince Street to Dave Ward Drive. Robinson reserved the northeast corner of his property for the establishment of a town site, and the southern half as private hunting lands. He drove a stake in the ground at the place where Conway Station was to be constructed. A post office was built at Cadron Gap, but later transferred to Conway Station in 1872.
Conway was named and became the county seat of Faulkner County in 1873. The town was incorporated in 1875. Robinson personally pledged land for the courthouse square, and several local churches.
Robinson Avenue in Conway is named in his honor.
