De Queen, Arkansas

De Queen, Arkansas
De Queen, Arkansas
City
	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
Website	cityofdequeen.com

De Queen (/diː kwiːn/ DEE-kween) is a city 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?"

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

[gnis-2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: De Queen, Arkansas

[3] 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."

[4] "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.

[5] 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?"

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