Place:Mount Ida, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States

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NameMount Ida
Alt namesMontgomerysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS5013480
Mt. Ida
Salemsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS5013480
TypeCity
Coordinates34.554°N 93.631°W
Located inMontgomery, Arkansas, United States
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Cemetery
Stanley-Standridge Cemetery
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Mount Ida is a city in and county seat of Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Founded in 1842, the city saw a silver boom in the 1880s bring early prosperity and economic development to the area. Today, the economy is largely ranching, poultry farming, silviculture, and tourism around Lake Ouachita. It is known as the quartz crystal capital of the U.S. and is known worldwide for its quartz deposits.[1] The population was 996 as of the 2020 census.[2]

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