Five years later, in an 1884 pamphlet called, The Agricultural Mineral and Timber Resources of Saline County, Arkansas, issued to prospective settlers, Alexander was described as being situated on the county line dividing Pulaski from Saline. The hope was expressed that the next legislature would pass an act throwing the whole town into Saline County “taking a small strip or corner” from Pulaski.

   Evidently, their hope was never fulfilled.  By that time, the population consisted of 300 “worthy citizens with a school and three churches – Methodist, Baptist and German Lutheran.”

   The same pamphlet read, “No city or town should be built upon county or state lines.  The inconveniences and annoyances are numerous and unpleasant, especially in large places.”

   The citizens of Alexander were described as “particularly moral, sober and intelligent”   – probably due to there being no liquor outlet.  In the cemetery, the earliest graves seem to be dated 1890, which appears to confirm early claims that the area was “healthy.”

   Alexander, still “thriving after more than 120 years, lies northeast of Benton, from where it may be reached by driving east on Arkansas 183 and taking a right onto West Sardis Road, then a left onto South Alexander on Arkansas 111. The city’s current population is 614; the land elevation is 340 feet and land area 0.4 square miles.

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