Augusta is a city in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States, located on the east bank of the White River.

[5][6] After the chaos of the American Civil War and its immediate aftermath, the town entered its greatest period of prosperity in the 1870’s as a year-round riverboat transport point for a wide variety of goods, serving vessels from as far away as Memphis and New Orleans.

[6] Thus, when railroads began entering the county in the late 1800’s, the good people of Augusta opted out of the apparently-unnecessary innovation and allowed their town to be bypassed by the tracks.

[6] When river traffic began to decline, the citizens realized their mistake, and decided to build their own railroad to link to the national rail grid.

[Note 1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all land.

Prior to settlement, Woodruff County was densely forested, with bayous, sloughs, and swamps crossing the land.

Although some swampland has been preserved in the Cache River NWR and some former farmland has undergone reforestation, the majority (56 percent) of the county remains in cultivation.

Stretching approximately 90 miles (140 km) across adjacent counties, the NWR is listed as a Ramsar wetlands of international importance, and serves as a key wintering area for ducks and the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in North America.

Woodruff County experiences all four seasons, although summers can be extremely hot and humid and winters are mild with little snow.