Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Atkins, Arkansas" in English language version.
In 1873, the town of Atkins was established with the coming of the Iron Mountain Railroad. The railroad ran from Little Rock to Fort Smith. The town was named for Elisha Atkins, a financier from Boston, Massachusetts, who volunteered to finish the building of the railroad after the stockholders ran out of money three miles from (what became Atkins). The stockholders named the town Atkins in his honor...
