Harriet is an unincorporated community in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. Harriet is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 14 and 27, northeast of Marshall. Harriet has a post office with ZIP code 72639.ZIP Code Lookup Harriet is only 6.4 miles from the Buffalo National River, and an industry of river guiding and canoeing supplies has cropped up around the whitewater river. The community is also very close to the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. The Blanchard Springs Caverns are only 25 miles to the east. The Basingers are a prominent family living in the Harriet area, and are distantly related to actress Kim Basinger.
Education Harriet is within the Searcy County School District."SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Searcy County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 17, 2018. - See Harriet on the map, compare to the school district map.
Harriet had been in what was the Marshall School District. () On July 1, 2004, the Marshall School District and the Leslie School District consolidated to form the Searcy County School District,"ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017. with the Marshall district annexing Leslie."Searcy County School District No. 17 Searcy County, Arkansas Regulatory Basis Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2005." Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, State of Arkansas. p. 15 (PDF p. 17/26). "[...]Leslie School District which was annexed into the Marshall School District, now known as the Searcy County School District." All children in Searcy County are bussed to Marshall for school.
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