Welcome to Midway, Arkansas
While Midway, Arkansas, is not an incorporated
town, the community at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 178
and Arkansas Highway 5 is very important to the surrounding area.
Midway is the home of the Baxter County
Industrial Park and the Baxter County Regional Airport, but there are
large areas of land still devoted to farming.
Industrial Park
The industrial park is owned by Baxter County
and lies between State Highways 5 and 126 in Midway. It is managed by the
Baxter County Industrial Park Board which serves as a link to the
financing tools available from the State of Arkansas to those wishing to
establish business in the park. For information about property in the
park, contact Bob Knight, Chairman, at 870-425-3101.
The Industrial Park has all utilities
available, including water from the City of Mountain Home 870-425-5115, electricity
from North Arkansas Electric
Cooperative 870-425-2141, gas from Arkansas Western Gas
Company 870-425-5445, and telephone service from Century
Telephone 800-225-2587.
Baxter County Regional Airport
Baxter County Regional Airport in Midway, 870-481-5418,
has a 5,000 foot runway. Charter service is available from
Mountain Air, Inc, 870-481-5966. Pro Aviation 870-481-6222, offers a
flight school, aircraft rental, scenic tours, and pilot services. Weather
at the airport from NOAA.
A Bit of Midway History
The push for both the airport and the
industrial park was begun in 1964 as
"an act of faith by a group of local businessmen who were
convinced that the area needed to take a bold step if it was to continue
its advancement in industry and other fields."
-- The Baxter Bulletin, March 18, 1965
These men formed the non-profit Industrial Development Corporation of
the Ozarks which developed the airport and industrial park facility,
depending only on their own funds and the financial input of the citizens of the Twin Lakes area
and no federal funding.
Utilities
Many Midway residents and businesses are
served by the Lakeview-Midway Water Association, which can be reached at
870-431-8777.
Electric service in Midway is provided by
North Arkansas Electric Coop, 870-425-2141.
Members of the Midway
Volunteer Fire Protection District (non-emergency phone: 870-481-5001)
provide firefighting services for the area.
Schools
School-age children in the Midway area
attend Mountain Home Public Schools.
Arkansas
School Information Site
Mountain Home's Report Card
Higher
Education in the Midway Area
ISO Fire Rating
Midway Fire Department has a fire insurance rating of 5 from the Insurance Services
Office, Inc. (ISO), based on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the best rating. Factors considered in
the rating are numerous but include the community's fire services, such as water supply, storage
capacity and flow, fire alarms, communications system, fire companies and their locations, and
testing procedures. Residents may find out from their insurance companies exactly what dollar
amount the ISO rating translates into.
Location
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Midway is located in north central Arkansas about
12 miles south of the
Arkansas-Missouri state line in the Ozark Mountains on north-south Arkansas Highway 5. Nearest
interstate highways are Interstate 44 (135 miles north) and Interstate 40
(125 miles south). A nearby north-south, highly-traveled route is
U.S. Highway 65 from Des Moines, Iowa, to Natchez, Miss., through Little
Rock, Ark., Branson and Springfield, Mo. U.S. Highway 65 is 35 miles west
of Midway.
| Driving
Distances from Midway |
| Chicago |
590 miles NE |
Memphis |
205 miles SE |
| Dallas |
469 miles SW |
St. Louis |
267 miles NE |
| Kansas City |
260 miles NW |
Tulsa |
239 miles W |
| Little Rock |
170 miles S |
Wichita |
343 miles NW |
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