Enola

Enola is an incorporated town in east-central Faulkner County, Arkansas. The town is located at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 107 and Arkansas Highway 310. The population of Enola is 188.

Education

Students from Enola and Cross Roads walked to the Old Siloam School for their education in the 1850s. A school district plan was adopted in 1885, and included schools in Enola and Cross Roads. A new school was constructed in Enola in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration.

History

Enola was populated by people settling in a nearby community called Cross Roads]], in the gap between the Dalton and Whitmore hills above Turkey Creek. Here William "Pap" Dalton established the first water mill in the area. According to local folklore the town got its name from a stranger passing through town two carved the word "alone" on a board which he nailed to a large oak tree. Enola is "alone" spelled backwards.

A post office was established in the town on May 19, 1879, under postmaster S. E. Lamar. That same year a cotton gin and saw mill was set up by John C. Bailey. In 1912 the B. F. Shock Grocery Store was built on the site of the present Wooley Store. The Enola Baptist Church was started around 1885. The Church of Christ had its first services in 1908.

Demographics

• 1940 - 729
• 1960 - 493

References

• R. Sam Shipley, "Enola and Cross Roads Communities," Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings 6.1 (Spring 1964): 5-16.