{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Blackton, Arkansas |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = 870 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 76371<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|76371|Blackton}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Blackton''' is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.<ref name="gnis"/> According to The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, "little remains of the town."<ref name=EA>{{cite web|title=Blackton (Monroe County)|publisher=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3202}}</ref> Two nationally registered historic sites are located in or near Blackton. The Palmer House is a brick home built in 1873 located near Blackton that has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The location where the survey of lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase is located two miles outside of Blackton, now known as Louisiana Purchase State Park, and has been listed as a National Historic Landmark.<ref name=EA/>

Blackton was incorporated on December 10, 1892.

The unoccupied Palmer House was destroyed by fire in 2014 while being restored.

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{{Monroe County, Arkansas}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Arkansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas

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