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Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas is located in Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Location in Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas is located in the United States
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Negro Head Corner, Arkansas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Arkansas
County Woodruff
Elevation
217 ft (66 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 52597

Negro Head Corner is an unincorporated community in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States, located about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Augusta.

The area is named for an oak sculpture of a Black man's head that was once displayed at the corner of a farm near the crossroads. It was carved by Wade Antney, who farmed the land first as an enslaved person and then later as the owner. It has been theorized that the sculpture represented Legba, the loa of crossroads in Haitian Vodou.

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