Cotton Plant, AR · Woodruff County

Home inspection in Cotton Plant, Arkansas.

Closer Look Inspectors offers home inspections in Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Arkansas. Cotton Plant homes are inspected by a local partner in our Arkansas network, and every report is photo-mapped and delivered within 24 hours.

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Why Cotton Plant homes need a local read

Cotton Plant was once the cultural center of Woodruff County, with a cotton, stave and veneer timber economy and a 1935 water tower on the National Register.

History: First called Richmond; Renamed Cotton Plant after William Lynch, who arrived in 1846, planted cottonseed beside his store; Post office granted 1852; Incorporated November 14, 1887.

Housing: The 1935 Cotton Plant Water Tower is on the National Register; Much of the historic downtown has been demolished and only a few fine old homes remain.

Around town: The Cotton Plant Water Tower, the Frances Opera House, the Cotton Plant Historical Museum (founded 2014), the site of the 1912 United Methodist Church.

Setting: In the Delta region.

Radon in Woodruff County

EPA's Map of Radon Zones places Woodruff County in Zone 3 (predicted average indoor levels below 2 pCi/L). EPA notes that homes vary within any zone, so the map does not predict a single house.

In pictures

Ozark hill-country homes.

Illustrative photos of the kinds of homes and conditions found in this area.

Well pump house beside a rural home on a wooded hillside, summer

Well pump house beside a rural home on a wooded hillside, winter

Gravel driveway winding up to a hilltop home, summer

Gravel driveway winding up to a hilltop home, winter

Metal-roof farmhouse with a big front porch on acreage, summer

Metal-roof farmhouse with a big front porch on acreage, winter

1950s red-brick home with a carport — Home inspection in Cotton Plant, AR

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What historic buildings remain in Cotton Plant?

The Cotton Plant Water Tower, built in 1935, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas says much of the historic downtown has been demolished and only a few of the fine old homes remain.

How did Cotton Plant get its name?

The early settlement was called Richmond. William Lynch, who arrived from Mississippi in 1846, planted cottonseed beside his store, people began calling the community Cotton Plant, and a post office was granted in 1852.

What was Cotton Plant's economy built on?

Cotton, with four gins, a compress and warehouses by 1920. Timber and stave mills followed, and by 1920 the town had five large sawmills and the largest veneer plant in the state.

Do sinkholes and flood zones affect homes in north and northeast Arkansas?

The Springfield Plateau is underlain by Boone Formation limestone where solution and collapse sinkholes are abundant, and the Salem Plateau has sinkholes in its dolostones. The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is the flattest part of the state with often poorly drained soils. Standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood, so buyers should check a property's FEMA flood zone.

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