Rohwer, Arkansas
unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas
Rohwer, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located on Arkansas Highway 1.
History
The area was a Japanese internment camp, designed during World War II by the architect Edward F. Neild of Shreveport, Louisiana. The camp opened in March 1942. It is now the site of the Rohwer War Relocation Center.
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Rohwer has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Education
The McGehee School District serves Rohwer.
Previously, the Delta Special School District served Rohwer. The district had two schools, Delta Elementary School and Delta High School.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Rohwer, Arkansas” is unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Rohwer, Arkansas and unincorporated, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “unincorporated community in Desha County, Arkansas” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7359850. Authority coordinates are 33.761, -91.276. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rohwer, Arkansas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.