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Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)

erosional remnant in the center of Cleburne County, Arkansas

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7635009 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sugarloaf Mountain is a hiking and mountain biking destination located in Cleburne County, Arkansas, east of the city of Heber Springs, Arkansas. It is 690 feet tall, and is topped by an Atoka formation, a geologic formation sequence of sandstone, siltstone, and shale.

History

The Osage Tribe called the mountain Tonawanda or Ton-Wan-Dah (swift water). The name was that of a family of arrowhead makers.

The earliest settlers called the mountain 'Sugarloaf' because of the resemblance in shape to the loaves of unrefined sugar in use at that time. The Louisiana Purchase survey party in 1819 noted the feature as "encountered Sugar Lofe [sic], a well-known landmark". Natives and travelers on the nearby Little Red River used the mountain as a landmark. The name of the landmark became the name of the springs to the west and the community, Sugarloaf, that developed there. The community's name was later changed to Heber Springs, Arkansas.

Sugarloaf Mountain is located on a section line, and consequently, land transactions have always been conducted in two parcels.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)” as erosional remnant in the center of Cleburne County, Arkansas. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1819—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Sugarloaf, Mountain and Cleburne can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as erosional remnant in the center of Cleburne County, Arkansas. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7635009. Authority coordinates are 35.491, -91.986. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1819.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas) primary sources, Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas) archive and Sugarloaf research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, 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.