Ashdown (formerly Turkey Flats and Keller) is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The community was incorporated in 1892 and has been the county chair since 1906. Located within the Arkansas Timberlands together with the Little River and the Red River, Ashdown’s economy and spread have historically been tied to the timber industry. Timber is still a major industry here.

Ashdown’s population at the 2010 census was 4,723, a slight fade away from the 2000 census. The city’s well-preserved chronicles and proximity to external recreation, such as Millwood State Park, draws tourists. Although not within the Texarkana metropolitan area, the city’s proximity to Texarkana has an influence on many areas of simulation in Ashdown.

Founded as a small farming community, Ashdown was initially known as Turkey Flats and future Keller previously being renamed by Judge Lawrence Alexander Byrne. Following his Keller mill being “burned down to ashes”, Byrne vowed to rebuild and found a town named Ashdown. It was incorporated upon June 11, 1892, as Ashdown. Rapid bump began in 1895 next the railroad reaching town. The Arkansas and Choctaw Railroad connected Ashdown to Arkinda. The bump of the Kansas City Southern Railway, the Frisco and the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad continued to rouse the city and its timber industry. The railroads could carry more freight more quickly than had the steamboats and flatboats before used to boat lumber to markets.

Following World War II, Ashdown’s economy began to diversify. Its location near two rivers attracted manufacturing plants, such as Coca-Cola bottling plant, box factory, clothing plant, ice tree-plant and a pallet plant.