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New Deal places in Mississippi County

7 New Deal places in Mississippi County are on the map. Art and murals (1); Schools, gyms and job training (3); Housing and farm communities (2); Water, dams and utilities (1). 5 have a full story with sources.

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Art and murals 1

Osceola post office mural Osceola, Mississippi County · Treasury Section of Fine Arts · reported gone
Orville Carroll painted "Early Settlers of Osceola" in 1939: pioneers landing a boat on the Mississippi around 1855, dodging eddies and sunken trees.

Schools, gyms and job training 3

Old Burdette School Burdette, Mississippi County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The WPA built this red-brick English Revival school in Burdette in 1939, with two wings joined by an auditorium.
The Cannery Dyess, Mississippi County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Dyess Colony's cannery stood in the town center near the commissary and administration building.
School Building Mississippi County

Housing and farm communities 2

Historic Dyess Colony Dyess, Mississippi County
Dyess was one of the country's first and largest New Deal farm colonies, and Ray and Carrie Cash moved their family here on March 24, 1935.
Dyess Colony Commissary Dyess, Mississippi County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Water, dams and utilities 1

Keiser Water Tower Keiser, Mississippi County · Public Works Administration (PWA)
Keiser's steel water tower was built in 1936 with Public Works Administration money.

Places come from public inventories and are being checked one by one. Know one we missed, or one that’s gone? Open it on the map and use “Been here? Is it still standing?”. Updated 2026-10-14. Printed from dylanedgell.com/arkansas-new-deal