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==History== The city was first settled ''circa'' 1872 when the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad]] built its tracks approximately one mile southeast of Old Austin.<ref name="EncAr">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Old Austin (Lonoke County) | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture | publisher=Central Arkansas Library System }}</ref> Many residents of Old Austin moved near the railroad tracks, in some cases uprooting and transporting entire buildings. The new city forming near the tracks was originally known as "Austin Station" to distinguish it from the original Austin, but eventually became known as Austin while the old community became known as "Old Austin".<ref name="AREncAustin">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Austin (Lonoke County) | encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture | publisher=Central Arkansas Library System }}</ref> Austin Academy was in Austin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMUUAAAAYAAJ&dq=austin+academy+arkansas&pg=PA51 | title=Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement | last1=McGroarty | first1=John Steven | date=January 22, 2024 }}</ref>
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