Pea Ridge, AR

Pea Ridge is a Benton County city in the Ozark Mountains, north of Rogers and not far from the Missouri line. Its name comes from the ridge setting and the turkey peas once cultivated in the area. The town is best known for the Battle of Pea Ridge, a pivotal Civil War engagement preserved at Pea Ridge National Military Park about five miles east of town. That history gives this growing Northwest Arkansas community a much older frame.