It is part of the Northwest Arkansas region, and home to Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

The result of the battle was a tactical stalemate which assured permanent Union control of northwest Arkansas.

[6] The Natural Resources Defense Council released an issue paper stating between that 1997 and 2001, Prairie Grove was the center of a cluster of testicular cancer cases.

No clear cause has been identified but the NRDC notes the town is near a closed nuclear reactor and a low-level radioactive landfill.

[7][8][9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all land.

An early fair merged with popular Labor Day festivities and annual reunions of the descendants of Confederate soldiers that took place at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.