Editing Springdale, Arkansas (section)

==History==
Springdale was formerly called '''Shiloh''', after the local Shiloh church, and was [[plat]]ted under that original name in 1866.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA258|year=1889|publisher=Higginson Book Company|page=258}}</ref> In 1878, the town was incorporated with the name of Springdale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicwashingtoncounty.org/springdale.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317085713/http://www.historicwashingtoncounty.org/springdale.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 17, 2012|title=Springdale Arkansas brief history|website=www.historicwashingtoncounty.org|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, voters of the city of [[Bethel Heights, Arkansas|Bethel Heights]] decided to merge with Springdale after the city sanitation plant received several violations from the [[Arkansas Health Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2019 |title=Records show state allowed years of violations in Bethel Heights {{!}} Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/jun/23/records-show-state-allowed-years-of-vio/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=www.nwaonline.com |language=en}}</ref> The city was eventually annexed on August 21, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2020 |title=Springdale, Bethel Heights city officials working well together {{!}} Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/aug/15/springdale-bethel-heights-city-officials-working/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=www.nwaonline.com |language=en}}</ref>

An intense EF3 tornado struck the town on [[Tornado outbreak of March 29–31, 2022|March 30]], 2022, heavily damaging or destroying several structures and injuring seven people.