Editing Lockesburg, Arkansas (section)

==History==
Though Lockesburg became the county seat on January 18, 1869, it was not incorporated until November 7, 1878.<ref name=Encyc>{{cite web|url= https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lockesburg-sevier-county-6146/ |title=Lockesburg (Sevier County)|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}</ref>  The land was donated by three members of a prominent local family—James, William, and Matthew Locke—and one Royal Appleton, for creation of a new county seat after an area of Sevier County was carved away to become part of newly created Little River County, and the existing county seat, Paraclifta, was no longer centrally located.<ref name=Encyc/>  The town’s growth was stunted when a major railroad bypassed the town for [[De Queen, Arkansas|De Queen]] in 1897, along with a subsequent loss of county seat status to De Queen in 1905.<ref name=Encyc/>  But the timber industry served to boost the fortunes of the town in the 20th century.<ref name=Encyc/>