Editing Fayetteville, Arkansas (section)

===Metropolitan area===
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|55.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|53.8|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}} of it (2.59%) is water. The city is centrally located in [[Washington County, Arkansas]], along [[Interstate 49 (Arkansas)|Interstate 49]]/[[U.S. Route 71 in Arkansas|US Route 71]].<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the only [[Controlled-access highway|fully controlled access]] route through the area, which replaced the winding US 71 (now [[Arkansas Highway 471|US 71B]]) in the 1990s.<ref name="was">{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |cartography=Planning and Research Division |date=December 22, 2011 |title=General Highway Map, Washington County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/WashingtonCounty.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525214428/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/WashingtonCounty.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref> An interstate connection with [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] to the south and [[Kansas City, Missouri]], to the north has contributed to Fayetteville's growth. Fayetteville is bordered along the north by [[Springdale, Arkansas|Springdale]] and [[Johnson, Arkansas|Johnson]]. At times, this transition is seamlessly urban. Fayetteville is not bordered by towns to its south, instead opening up to scenic country along the [[Boston Mountains Scenic Loop]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Boston Mountains Scenic Loop - Boston Mountains, Arkansas |publisher= Explore Southern History |last= Cox |first= Dale |url= http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/arboston1.html |access-date= January 13, 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130324015937/http://exploresouthernhistory.com/arboston1.html |archive-date= March 24, 2013 }}</ref> Past the rural communities of [[Greenland, Arkansas|Greenland]] and [[West Fork, Arkansas|West Fork]] is [[Devil's Den State Park]].<ref name="was" /> To the west is [[Farmington, Arkansas|Farmington]] along [[U.S. Route 62 in Arkansas|US Route 62]] and to the east of Fayetteville is undeveloped land in rural Washington County.<ref name="was" />

The [[Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area]] consists of three [[List of Arkansas counties|Arkansas counties]]: [[Benton County, Arkansas|Benton]], [[Madison County, Arkansas|Madison]], and [[Washington County, Arkansas|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses |publisher= Executive office of the President [[Office of Management and Budget]] |date= December 1, 2009 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/bulletins/b10-02.pdf |page= 32 |access-date= January 13, 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170121004722/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/bulletins/b10-02.pdf |archive-date= January 21, 2017 }}</ref> The area had a population of 463,205 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] which increased to 546,725 by the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] (an increase of 24.2 percent). Although the Metropolitan Statistical Area does not consist of the usual principal-city-with-[[suburbs]] geography, Fayetteville's adjacent communities include [[Elkins, Arkansas|Elkins]], [[Farmington, Arkansas|Farmington]], [[Greenland, Arkansas|Greenland]], [[Habberton, Arkansas|Habberton]], [[Johnson, Arkansas|Johnson]], and [[Wyman, Arkansas|Wyman]].