Editing St. Joe, Arkansas (section)

==Present day==
In time, the town dropped its incorporation.  In the late 1990s, there was renewed interest in having an incorporated town.  People wanted to have a local government again in order to have local direction of what happened in their lives.  Because of a state law requiring a minimum of 175 registered voters in order to incorporate, a new incorporation could not be done.  Instead, the charter for what was called the "Old Town" was reactivated.

Since the modern incorporation (or reactivation), people on the edge of the town have asked to be included.  The town has grown by over 100 acres.<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Lair
  | first = Dwain
  | title = St. Joe Prospered on Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
  | newspaper = Harrison Daily Times
  | date = February 23, 2004}}</ref>

Today, the 1920s era buildings, ghostly remnants of a more prosperous past, sit mostly abandoned, interspersed with a gas station, a post office, and the St. Joe school. On the outskirts are a couple of motels and eateries, which cater to tourist traffic.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

While no longer a hub for farming and mining in the region, the town sees in itself{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} an important part of the history of the Ozarks and a gateway to some of the most popular recreational areas on the Buffalo River.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The revitalization of the town's pioneering spirit is evident in the restoration of its historic buildings and the creation of the Rural Help Center as a hub of community education and services.{{original research inline|date=February 2019}}