De Queen, Arkansas | |
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City | |
.jpg) De Queen City Hall | |
 Location of De Queen in Sevier County, Arkansas. | |
| Coordinates: 34°2′24″N 94°20′31″W / 34.04000°N 94.34194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Sevier |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeff Brown |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.16 sq mi (15.96 km2) |
| • Land | 6.06 sq mi (15.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| Elevation | 430 ft (130 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,105 |
| • Density | 1,007.43/sq mi (388.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 71832 |
| Area code | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-18490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404202[2] |
| Website | cityofdequeen |
De Queen (/diː kwiːn/ DEE-kween) is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,629 at the 2010 census. The placename is the anglicization of the family name of the Dutch merchant and railway financier, Jan de Goeijen (1861–1944).[3][4] De Goeijen was reportedly rather unhappy with the deformation of his name.[5]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: De Queen, Arkansas
- ^ Yellowed Pages. Southeast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society. 1991. p. 8.
Jan de Goeijen (1861-1944), a friend and benefactor of Arthur Stilwell, who chose to call him DeQueen because the Dutch spelling was "too difficult."
- ^ "De Queen Post Office". Arkansas Post Office Murals. De Queen Post Office.
Jan de Goeijen, a Dutch coffee merchant whose generous donations assisted in the completion of the Kansas City Southern Railroad that passed through DeQueen. De Goeijen's name (/də ˈhɔɪ.ən/ də-HOY-ən) was difficult for locals to articulate so they eventually simplified it to DeQueen.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009). The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages. Amsterdam University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-90-8964-124-3.
De Goeijen was not pleased: "How would you like it when I told you that I named my son after you [Arthur Stilwell], and you found out that he was called William?"