Plum Bayou
Wright, Jefferson County
Plum Bayou, about 17 miles north of Pine Bluff, opened in 1936 as the first Resettlement Administration farm community finished anywhere in the country. Nearly 10,000 acres were split into farms for 183 families, with houses wired for electricity, running water and a community center. Only white farmers were accepted.
- Kind of place
- Schools, gyms and job training
- Built by
- Resettlement Administration
- When
- About 1936
- Where
- Wright, Jefferson County
- Still there?
- Not confirmed lately
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Sources
Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.