Baxter is an unincorporated community in Drew County, Arkansas, United States.

It is located on Arkansas Highway 35 west of Dermott, near where the highway crosses Bayou Bartholomew.

[2] Located 40 mi (64 km) from the bayou mouth, it traditionally marked the head of navigation on the bayou.

[3] The Baxter Vidette, an African-American newspaper, began publishing in Baxter in 1902.

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