Fayetteville
[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 93,949), seat of Washington co., NW
Ark., in the Ozarks; inc. 1836. It is an agricultural trade center with
canneries and food processors. The Univ. of Arkansas main campus is here and
its agricultural experiment station nearby; some technological industries
have grown around the university. During the Civil War, the city was
occupied by Union forces (1863–65); the battles of Pea Ridge and
Prairie Grove were fought nearby. 2 City (2020 pop. 208,501),
seat of Cumberland co., S central N.C., at the head of navigation on the
Cape Fear River; inc. 1783. An inland port, connected by channel to the
Intracoastal
Waterway, Fayetteville is a marketing and shipping center in
a farm and timbering area. It has textile, wood products, and chemical
industries. Settled as two towns (1739) by Highland Scots, it was a Tory
center during the American Revolution. The two towns were merged during the
war, and in 1783 were renamed for the Marquis de Lafayette. Fayetteville was
state capital from 1789—93; a state convention (1789) here ratified
the U.S. Constitution. During the Civil War, Sherman occupied the city and
razed its arsenal (1865). The city is the seat of Fayetteville State Univ.
and Methodist College. Nearby Fort Bragg now dominates its
economy.
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