Gibson, Arkansas

Gibson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States.

Born in New England (Massachusetts or Vermont) around 1797, Kellogg moved to Little Rock shortly after the city was established.

A blacksmith by trade, Kellogg is credited with creating the broadaxe used to construct the Chandler home in Little Rock.

Kellogg first bought land in northern Pulaski County in 1834 and later reported finding lead ore unearthed by tunneling crayfish.

At least three mine shafts were dug, revealing small veins of silver, copper, lead and zinc.

Kellogg died in 1848, and most miners left the next year for the richer promises of California gold mining.

Mines were still being worked early in the Civil War, but were abandoned before Major General Frederick Steele's Union forces passed by en route to Little Rock in 1863.

[6] Pulaski County Judge C. T. Coffman proposed building a bridge across Kellogg Creek in 1905, but it did not come to fruition.

Establishment of the Little Rock Air Force Base in nearby Jacksonville brought about considerable construction of houses and businesses.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (12 km2), all land.

Map of Arkansas highlighting Pulaski County