New Gascony, Arkansas

New Gascony, also known as Barraque Landing,[2] is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States.

It is located 13 miles (21 km) west of Pine Bluff, the county seat.

Founded by Antoine Barraque, a 19th-century landowner, in 1832;[3][4] it was named for the Gascony region of France.

[15] Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD territory.

[16] The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.

Map of Arkansas highlighting Jefferson County