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Helena

Arkansas, United States
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Helena, city, eastern Arkansas, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. In 2006 Helena merged with the adjacent city of West Helena to form Helena–West Helena, which is the seat of Phillips county. Originally settled in 1797, what is today Helena was first called Monticello and then St. Francis. A port along the Mississippi River, it grew around a warehouse built for barge shipping. In 1811 the steamboat New Orleans called there,...

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